Re: Colorado radiation

["dkosloff1" <dkosloff1@EMAIL.MSN.COM>]

The Pittsburgh detector is located indoors in a basement.



Don Kosloff dkosloff1@msn.com

2910 Main St., Perry OH 44081



----- Original Message -----

From: "Ruth Sponsler" <jk5554@yahoo.com>

To: "Philippe Duport" <phduport@sympatico.ca>; "dkosloff1"

<dkosloff1@EMAIL.MSN.COM>; "Radsafe (E-mail)" <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 8:48 PM

Subject: Re: Colorado radiation





> OK....I 'did the numbers' for the patch of lawn close

> to a rain gutter at someone's house in Longmont,

> Colorado, for the place somewhere in Pittsburgh, and

> for the 'best' place in New Mexico which was Ohkay =

> San Juan Pueblo.  The other locations in NM had lower

> readings than Ohkay.  I used 'averages' of 23.179

> microR/h for Longmont, Colorado 15.70 microR/h for

> Pittsburgh, and 18.5 microR/h for Ohkay obtained from

> the web sites.

>

> [Then multiply by 24 h/day and by 365 day/y; and

> convert micro into milliR].

>

> I got yearly outdoor readings of:

>

> 137.532 mR/y in Pittsburgh PA

> 162.060 mR/y at Ohkay = San Juan Pueblo NM

> 203.048 mR/y in Longmont, Colorado.

>

> For human doses, of course, these don't include

> internal K-40.  I assume all detectors are outside, so

> they don't include much radon.  Also, no

> dentists/M.D.'s are giving those patches of grass any

> x-rays.  :-)

>

> The elevation at Longmont, CO is a somewhat

> disappointing (by Colorado standards) 4940 to 5120

> feet above sea level.  The elevation at Ohkay is 5640

> feet above sea level.





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