Re: Natural and Background radiation

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

Kjell stated correctly:

> he range of gammas in air is quite large so that
> the TLD does not have to be "touched" by the plume in order to measure a
> dose.  

If I am not mistaken, I believe the highest dose to an individual 
external to the plant was on the order of 80 mrem. I don't have the 
NUREG handy that documented all of the TLDs and other data collected, 
so please correct me if I am wrong.

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