Re: Dose Rates vs. Altitude

["Phil V. Egidi" <7pe@ornl.gov>]

Dr. Gollnick's book has a table with exposure rates for various altitudes 
(mrem/y).  It is reproduced on my TENORM web site.  Hope this helps.


Gollnick, D.A.  Basic Radiation Protection Technology.  2nd 
Edition.  Pacific Radiation Corporation.  ISBN 0-916339-04-1

http://www.normis.com/nindex.htm

Look in the section on background radiation.



Phil Egidi
ORNL/GJ
7pe@ornl.gov


At 02:19 AM 12/1/99 -0600, you wrote:

>RADSAFERS: A quest for data on dose rates Vs altitude: I've recently had a
>request from a American Airlines pilot concerning dose rates versus
>altitude for air crews inside aircraft. Apparently this pilot's daughter
>was taken aloft with a GM counter in hand and the meter response startled
>all on board. I know this data exists somewhere but I am hoping someone
>can direct me to where that might be... or supply me with dose rate data
>between 10,000-50,000 feet or so for aircrews.
>
>Maybe next time I will take my own GM for some first hand data. Also, the
>daughter wanted to conduct a high school lab experiemnt with her dad
>whereby she wore a TLD on the ground while her dad wore another while
>flying...... any comments ???
>
>Thanks Much,
>
>Tom Harrison
>RSO
>Univ of North Texas
>Denton, TX
>e-mail: tomh@facstaff.cas.unt.edu
>
>
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