Re: Cobalt-60 dose

[carol marcus <csmarcus@ucla.edu>]

At 08:01 PM 10/18/99 -0500, you wrote:
>
>I am seeking information and the reference text/article title providing the
>answer to the following question.
>
>What is the whole body dose (rem per hour) per gram or per Curie of
>unshielded cobalt-60 at a given distance (e.g., anywhere between 1 and 10
>meters).
>
>
>Thank you in advance.
>
>Mark
>
>Mark M. Hart
>LLNL/L-125, P.O. Box 808
>Livermore, CA  94551
>925 423-4770  fax 9762
>
>
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Dear Mark:

The specific gamma ray constant for Co-60 is 13.2 R/mCi-hr at 1 cm.

Ciao, Carol

Carol S. Marcus, Ph.D., M.D.
<csmarcus@ucla.edu>
Phone: (310)277-4541

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