Re: Airport screening and medicine

["Reuven" <reuven99@newsguy.com>]

Sandy:



I used the AWARE Electronics Model RM-60

Micro Roentgen Radiation Monitor attached to Laptop PC.



I tested it prior to the flight on a mammography machine and found it to be 

quite accurate and reliable.



Here in LA, the background radiation was measured to be, if my memory does 

not fail me, to be

around 10 microR/hour.



Now, on what are you basing your statement " ... This does seem a bit high. 

I travel quite

 a bit, and, I don't expect that I have observed the dose rates you  are 

quoting..." ?



Did you do such measurements?

With what detector(s)?



Reuven Zach



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

From: "Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>

To: <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>; "M Nivas" <motnivas@YAHOO.COM>; "Brian 

Rees" <brees@LANL.GOV>; "Reuven" <reuven99@newsguy.com>

Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 12:51 PM

Subject: Re: Airport screening and medicine





> On 13 Nov 2004 at 12:03, Reuven wrote:

>

>> I once MEASURED the radiation dose during an intercontinental flight:

>> It was *** 50 times *** HIGHER than the background radiation at sea

>> level.

>

> Reuven,

>

> What did you use to measure the dose described above, and, what was

> the duration of the flight?

>

> If one considers the natural background to be, for assumption

> purposes, equals 7 microR/hr, then you're stating that the rate you

> observed was 350 microR/hr. This does seem a bit high. I travel quite

> a bit, and, I don't expect that I have observed the dose rates you

> are quoting. Additional source information would be appreciated.

>

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