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APPENDIX #
CALCULATIONS

Gacma Dose Rate from a Field Six Inches in Radius and Chander

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Canter of

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incies Aove Surface

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Dose rate of gamma froz @ point souree

r26cy where: r = r/or

C= activity in curles per square foot

Fs average energy of gamas (Hey)

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6CE. 2 7f

heyxe

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h2/x2

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Lets

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x 1/2 feet

€ 2 LO
F = 0.7

pe/em? or 3,6x 107? ef/rt?

Her

h = 1/3 foot

(gasaa)
2

oye

«= 0,56 rfhr

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Comparison Gasca Dose Pates From Infinite Plane at a Feiget of Three Fect

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A ove the Ground to Area of Six Inch Radius asd Heig:t of Four Inches,
Assume:

1 megacurie/mile®
(3.6 x 10-2 o/ft2)

b.1 rie = 7.3
0,56
r/ur
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x a

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