Re: dose from beta emitters on skin

[loesch@viper.eh.doe.gov (Robert M. Loesch)]

On 1/6/95, N. Montgomery wrote:

>Can anyone point me to a method for calculation of dose from beta emitters 
>on the skin? (i.e., from contamination)
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Capt Noel D. Montgomery, USAF, BSC
>
>

Try VARSKIN for the PC.  The software documentation was published as NRC
NUREG/CR-5873.  For more information, contact Jim Durham (Pacific Northwest 
Labs) at (509) 373-0886.

Enjoy ....

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