RE: High natural background at Ramsar

["Jonkers, Gert SIC-CTAN/2" <Gert.G.Jonkers@opc.shell.com>]

Bruce,

You will more information and references in
"The State-of-the-Art on Worldwide Studies in some Environments with
Elevated Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM)"
by Mehdi Sohrabi in Applied Radiation and Isotopes Vol. 49 (3), 1998,
169-188 

Kind Regards, Gert Jonkers 
CTANL/2 - Nuclear Measurement Techniques
   Radiotracer applications, 
   Gamma-transmission and Neutron BackScatter (NBS) measurements
   Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM)
   Radiological Protection Advice
Shell Research and Technology Centre, Amsterdam (SRTCA), 
PO Box 38000, NL-1030 BN Amsterdam, the Netherlands
tel.        +31 - 20 - 630 3424
fax        +31 - 20 - 630 2911
e-mail   Gert.G.Jonkers@OPC.Shell.COM

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>From: 	Pickett, Bruce D[SMTP:Bruce.Pickett@PSS.Boeing.com]
>Sent: 	1998-04-06 17:29
>To: 	Multiple recipients of list
>Subject: 	High natural background at Ramsar
>
>The January/February 1998 issue of RSO Magazine has an article entitled
>"Radiation - What Is Important? Public Perception and Reaction" by Mark
>Hart of Los Alamos National Lab. In the two charts in figures 2 & 3,
>there is a very high dose rate of 48 rem/yr listed for Ramsar or
>Ramsari, Iran (its listed both ways on the charts). I asked the author
>for some references, and his reply was: "I have two references. One is
>an IAEA document from a conference held in Ramsar in 1990. The other is
>a text by Luckey. The 48 rem is from Luckey. The Ramsar IAEA document
>refered to potential indoor and outdoor gamma doses of 9 mR per hour."  
>
>Does anyone have more information on the dose rates in Ramsar (Ramsari),
>Iran and the source of this high natural background?
>
>
>Bruce Pickett
>The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA
>bruce.d.pickett@boeing.com
>