RE: human-human K-40 dose- Reduction due to shielding of background

[Rick_Strickert@radian.com]

Stewart Farber wrote:

> If in bed, is the other shielding cosmic rays from the person by spending
a 
> lot of time between the person and space, or is the other spending a
goodly 
> fraction of time shielding the person from terrestrial gammas by shielding

> photon flux from the ground?

This brings up bedroom sleeping geometries I didn't want to discuss in my
original (G-rated) email.

Rick 

Richard G. Strickert, Ph.D. 		         	
Radian International, Austin, TX     		
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