RE: Atomic vet doses

[Philip Hypes <phypes@lanl.gov>]

I've never seen any dose numbers in that report, just a discussion of the
factors that affect the quality of the dosimetry results.  Am I missing
something?

At 03:27 PM 11/16/99 -0600, you wrote:
>There is a book by the National Research Council - Film Badge Dosimetry in
>Atmospheric Nuclear Tests, National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 1989.
>http://books.nap.edu/catalog/1404.html
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Philip Hypes [mailto:phypes@lanl.gov]
>Sent: Monday, November 15, 1999 10:57 AM
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>Subject: Atomic vet doses
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>
>I've spent quite some time trying to find a reference on the web that gives
>an idea of the doses the atomic veterans were exposed to.  No luck
>whatsoever.  The closest I've come is some detailed analysis of the quality
>of the dosimetry that was conducted in conjunction with the tests.  Can
>anyone give me an idea of the current best estimates of the doses involved?
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Philip Hypes
Los Alamos National Laboratory
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(505) 667-1556  phypes@lanl.gov

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