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Re: La Hague1

> I always thought that dose is energy per unit mass and that a rem from
> external dose to a baby is the same as a rem external dose to an adult. 
> Is that not so?  Maybe something got lost in translation.  I cannot
> believe that the National Research Council would not have the correct
> concept.  Comments?  Al Tschaeche xat@inel.gov (for four more days)

Could it not be that the same dose to the child is a greater 
percentage, due to body weight, and therefore, the effects are more 
significant? I recall that with internal exposure, especially from an 
iodine release, for PARs provided in an emergency situation, the risk 
was assumed to be double for a child when compared to an adult, due 
to the uptake in the thyroid. However, I do not know if there is 
similarity in this particular issue being discussed.

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