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Answer to Question #3896 Submitted to "Ask the Experts"Category: Doses and Dose Calculations — External dose calculations The following question was answered by an expert in the appropriate field: Q
I'm developing some radioactive material safety data sheets and can't locate the following numbers to show the importance of distance as a method of protection. Once I have a number to start with, I can use the inverse square law to show examples in a table as other data sheets show. Question 1: P-33 Do you know how to calculate what the beta dose rate would be 1 cm from an unshielded 1.0 mCi point source in rad/hr? Question 2: Rb-86 Do you know how to calculate what the gamma and beta dose rates would be 1 cm from an unshielded 1.0 mCi point source in rad/hr? A
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