Re: Ramsar, Iran - A.Karam & Z.Jaworowski

["Kevin G. Pearce" <kpearce@vdh.state.va.us>]

Folks,

I know I have been out of loop since my submarine days, but. If the contact
measurements are solid at the 2.2 mr/hr, could you not inverse square the dose
rate to gain the body burden estimate based on times of exposure? Just
thinking, "out loud"...


"Karam, Andrew" wrote:

> Dear Mike and others:
>
> The highest readings I noted were on contact with walls or floors.  The
> floor measurement of 2.2 mr/hr (22 uGy/hr) was at the spot where the
> residents sleep.  General area measurements (i.e. one meter above ground)
> were up to about 1 mr/hr in many places in areas I visited and are reported
> up to 28 uGy/hr (2.8 mr/hr) elsewhere.  Estimates of average annual dose to
> residents from all sources (including radon inhalation and radium ingestion
> from local vegetables) is about 71 mSv/yr (7.1 rem/yr).  There are about
> 2000 permanent, full-time inhabitants in the high-background areas.  The
> above information comes from a combination of personal observation and data
> supplied by Javad Mortazavi and Masoud Beitollahi, who have studied this
> region extensively.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Andy
>
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>
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> begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.
> (A Scandal in Bohemia, Arthur Conan Doyle)
> ====================================
> If I understand Andrew Karam's data, the doses mentioned above correspond
> to contact doses at some parts of some walls. If so, it does not seem fair
> to compare with whole-body doses.
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