RE: TLD badge dose

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

On 9 Jan 2004 at 11:25, Wes Van Pelt wrote:



> In my experience, a normal x-ray scan of carry-on baggage would give

> the luggage a dose of about 0.1 mrad (0.001 mSv). So a dose of 0.14

> mSv seems MUCH too high for routine luggage scans, even if the luggage

> were scanned several times.



Hi Wes,



Your comment is valid. In David's case, the dosimeter was in a 

checked bag (not a carry-on bag) and the 1.4 mSv dose is also valid 

for that type of scan.



Regards ..



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