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Sm-153 Gamma Factor

>Date:         Wed, 13 May 1998 10:55:02 -0400
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>From: Chris Hawkins <chawkins@INET.GUTHRIE.ORG>
>Organization: Guthrie Clinic / Robert Packer Hospital
>Subject:      Sm-153 Gamma Factor
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>Has anyone noticed that the gamma factor
>for Sm-153 that Dupont lists on the
>package insert is about 2 x the value
>the NRC used in calculating release
>limits ??
>
>It looks like the NRC calc does not
>include bremmstrahlung.  Is that enough
>to account for the difference ??
>
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