Re[2]: Dose received from air travel?

["Rima, Steven D" <SDRIMA@saix367.sandia.gov>]

     David,
     
     NCRP93 gives a dose equivalent rate of 0.5 mrem/h at 39,000 feet for 
     an average air travel number. Since this is a 'typical' altitude for 
     jetliners, you can use it to calculate your "reasonable" value for any 
     airline flight.
     
     Steve Rima, CHP
     sdrima@sandia.gov


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Subject: Re: Dose received from air travel?
Author:  radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu at CCSMTP
Date:    11/2/95 3:05 PM


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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