TABLE 4.7
DIP-~COUNTER CONVERSION FACTORS
Unless otherwise noted, all factors given are based on a direct dip count and radiochemical analysis for Mo",
designators and bottle numbers are given in parentheses.
Station
Source
Shot Zuni
Shot Flathead
x lof
62T
A.
x 108
‘
Shot Tewa
x 10°
x 108
Fissiona/(dip counts/min at 100 hrs)
YAG 39
occ
0.530 (C21) *
0.945 (C-21)
YAG 40
occ
Ocean surface
1.02 (B-6)
0.906 (S-1B, 8,254)
1.006 (B-4) *
_
McGinty
Ocean surface
Ocean surface
B.
Shot Navajo
Sample
Decay tank
Ocean surface
1.853 (T-1B, 8,035)
4.537 (S-1B, 8,030)
_
_—
0.774 (T-1B, 8,549)
1.137 (S-1B, 8,544)
1.285 (C-21)
0.960 (T-3B, 8,585)
1.430 (S-3B, 8,581)
1.248 (B-4)*
1,02 (C-21)
0.645
1.525
0.817
1.709
(T-1B, 8,350)
(S-1B, 8,326)
(B-4)*
(S-2B, 8,289)
0.726 (MS-5A, 8,052)
1.09 (MS-5B, 8,053)
_
=_
Fissions/(dip counts/min at 200 hrs) ¢
YAG 39
occ
Decay tank
Ocean surface
Method I
Method I
1.37
2.16
11.76
2.33
2.61
2.46
4.80
3.36
2.51
3.73
4.03
3.23 + 0.39
1.77
2.45
1.55
3.66
2.46
2.90 + 0.61
* No OCC aliquot counted in dip counter; computed from Table B.13 and doghouse /dip average ratio in Table B.15.
+t Tank unacidified and unstirred when sample taken.
} Values in A corrected to 200 hours by average photon-decay factors 2.59, 2.29, 2.61, and 2.40 for Shots Zuni,
Flathead, Navajo, and Tewa, respectively. These decay-curve shapes are practically identical to those shown in
Figure B.14 over this time period.
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