Environmental Radiation: Measurements of Dose Rates
- 3 July 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 145 (3627) , 44-47
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.145.3627.44
Abstract
The exposure dose from environmental sources of radiation was determined by means of an ionization chamber, by gamma-ray spectrometry in the field, and by measurements of radioactivity in soil cores. The exposure dose from cosmic radiation was found to be 4.4 ± 0.2 µr/hr, that from natural radioactivity 8.0 ± 0.3 µr/hr, and the contribution from fission products varied from 2.0 to 7.5 µr/hr during the interval in question.Keywords
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