[ RadSafe ] cesium 137 check source rate

[Maha Srinivasan]

The Cs-137 gamma dose rate at 30 cm from source is 4.1 mrem/hr per millicurie.

So you can calculate according to your needs.

Maha Srinivasan 

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Harley Vance" <harleyvance at ymail.com>
To: radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 4:21:41 AM
Subject: [ RadSafe ] cesium 137 check source rate

I just got a cesium 10 microcurie test source in the mail, and I haven't gotten my geiger counter yet. 
My question is, what is the approximate rate of radiation at the surface of the disc?

It is blue and I believe it is encased in some kind of epoxy.

Thanks!



      
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