Re: Dose received from air travel?

[jgbarnes@ix.netcom.com (JAMES BARNES)]

I've always been told that JFK to LAX is 4 mrem.  That equates to about 
0.8 mr/hr.  (I **think** I saw this in Jacob Shapiro's book.)


Jim Barnes, CHP
RSO
Rocketdyne Division; Rockwell Aerospace

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You wrote: 
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>I need to know a "reasonable" value to quote as the dose received by a 

>passenger on a "typical" airplane flight.  Can anyone in Radsafe land 
help?
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