RE: NCRP 49 Occupancy Factors

["Sherman, Conrad" <ShermaC@ttemi.com>]

The toilet is the "john"

Rest room could be a couch in the ladies room.

Obviously, less time woould be spent on the john, hence the lower occupancy
facto.

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> From: 	malewandowski1@mmm.com[SMTP:malewandowski1@mmm.com]
> Reply To: 	radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
> Sent: 	Thursday, May 21, 1998 11:36 AM
> To: 	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: 	NCRP 49 Occupancy Factors
> 
> Here is a chance to educate a simpleton.  
> 
> While reviewing NCRP 49, Structural Shielding Design and Evaluation for
> Medical Use of X Rays and Gamma Rays of Energies up to 10 MeV, Table 4 -
> Occupancy factors for non-occupationally exposed persons, I developed
> the following question.
> 
> What is the difference between a "rest room" (T=1/4) and a "toilet"
> (T=1/16)?
> 
> Thanks for your thoughts,
> 
> Mike Lewandowski
> MALewandowski@MMM.com
> (612) 737-4452
>