Re: Neutron Measurements at Nuclear Power Plants

[bflood@SLAC.Stanford.EDU (Bob Flood)]

>Since neutrons provide such a small fraction of the total person-rem dose 
>received, no corrections have been made to measured personnel doses.  If the 
>fraction was larger, corrections could be made to make the documented 
>personnel doses as accurate as possible. 


John makes what has to be the most appropriate point - neutron dose at TVA's
nuclear power plants was less than 1% of the collective dose. Resources are
better spent elsewhere rather than on fine-tuning conservative measurements
of an unimportant quantity.

Bob Flood
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