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Re: dose rate from plane source



At a distance greater than .7 times the effective radius a plane source becomes a point source.

Tom Lashley
LashleyT@DTEenergy.com

Tad Blanchard wrote:

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