Re: X-Ray Vision Is Here

[GEORGE CICOTTE <GEORGE_CICOTTE@health.ohio.gov>]

     Anyone want to bet the "3 microREMs" that NIS advertises is over a 
     short (far less than 1 s ) period of time?  The 6 to 10 micro-r that 
     constitutes a typical background wouldn't contribute a significant 
     photon fluence for that picture.  
     
     What seems rather interesting is to see dose described as an emission, 
     and 36 micro-r per hour (3 x 60 min/h / 5 min) as a typical exposure 
     rate for naturally occurring background environmental radioactivity.  
     One wonders who their health physicists are.  Are they perhaps located 
     over the Reading Prong, or do they simply have a really poorly 
     ventilated home in Colorado?
     
     
     
     From Ron Kathren's post of Dr. Roy Parker's post:
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     Nicolet Imaging  Systems and  they have  a SECURE 1000 Personnel 
     Security Screening System and state:
      
       Each full  body scan of the SECURE 1000 produces approximately
       3 microREMs  of emission.  This is  equivalent to the exposure
       every  person   receives  each  five  minutes  from  naturally
       occurring background environmental radioactivity.
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     V/R
     
     George R. Cicotte
     Health Physicist III
     Low-Level Radioactive Waste Section
     Bureau of Radiation Protection
     Ohio Department of Health
     george_cicotte@health.ohio.gov.us
     (614) 728-0872