TABLE 1
ROUGH ESTIMATE OF REDUCTION
IN GAMMA RADIATION WITHIN STRUCTURES
PERCENTAGE OF GUT-OF-DOORS LEVEL
TYPE STRUCTURE
ONE STORY FRAME HOUSE
First Floor
50
Basement (Center)
10
Basement (Side)
Zz 10
MULTI STORY REINFORCED CONCRETE
10
Lower Floors
(Away from windows)
~ 0.1
Basement
SHELTER (equivalent to three
~ 0.1
feet of earth)
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