Re: Weighting Factor for Hot Particle Skin Doses per Cm^2

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@EARTHLINK.NET>]

On 24 Jan 2003 at 8:18, Ted de Castro wrote:



> "E.P. Goldfinch" wrote:

> 

> > The skin of the whole body is regarded

> > as an organ and so the contribution of the dose to a small area of skin

> > has to be averaged over the whole skin.

> 

> Once again - as with so many things here - this is true IFF LNTH is

> true.



Please also noter that where an EDE calculation is permitted in state 

regulations (not specifically addressing skin hot particles), the 

dose weighting only pertains to the DDE calculation, and not to the 

SDE calculation.

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