Re: dose rate from plane source

[Tad Blanchard <Tad.M.Blanchard.1@gsfc.nasa.gov>]

I was always under the impression that if you were far enough away from a plane source you could consider it a "point" source.  



>>Regarding the plane source equation:
>>How far away from the plane is the determination of dose rate ?
>
>For a plane source, the dose rate is independent of the distance.
>
>>How big is the plane?
>
>infinite
>


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