Re: person-to-person dose

[BobCherry@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 7/9/2003 3:14:24 PM Central Daylight Time, 

Kjell.Johansen@nmcco.com writes:



> I am trying to find the annual dose a person receives being about 1 foot 

> away from another person based on  the standard adult's K-40 content.  I 

> remember reading it somewhere but do not find it in either Kathren's or Eisenbud's 

> books.  A rough calculation gives a dose on the order of 0.5 mrem which is in 

> the ballpark of what I remember.  A more concise value and a reference would 

> be appreciated.



I have used 3 mrem/y as the dose equivalent one receives from his or her 

spouse in my talks over the years. I can't provide the reference at the moment, 

but I suspect that it is the NCRP report on radiation exposure of the US 

population.



Bob C