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The document provides half value thickness and tenth value thickness values for concrete, steel, lead and uranium for Iridium-192 and Cobalt-60 gamma ray sources. It also lists permissible leakage levels for portable, mobile and fixed radiography cameras, transport containers and packages for transporting radioactive materials.

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RT Formulas 2

The document provides half value thickness and tenth value thickness values for concrete, steel, lead and uranium for Iridium-192 and Cobalt-60 gamma ray sources. It also lists permissible leakage levels for portable, mobile and fixed radiography cameras, transport containers and packages for transporting radioactive materials.

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HVT & TVT VALUES FOR GAMMA RAYS (in cm)

Concrete Steel Lead Uranium


Source
HVT TVT HVT TVT HVT TVT HVT TVT

Iridium-192 4.1 13.5 1.25 4.2 0.5 1.65 0.31 1.0

Cobalt-60 6.1 20.3 2.0 6.6 1.2 4.0 0.7 2.2

PERMISSIBLE LEAKAGE LEVELS AROUND RADIOGRAPHY CAMERAS

Maximum exposure rate


mGy/h (mR/h)
Class
On external 50 mm from external 1 m from external
surface of camera surface of camera surface of camera

Portable 2.0 (200) or 0.5 (50) 0.02 (2)

Mobile 2.0 (200) or 1.0 (100) 0.05 (5)

Fixed 2.0 (200) or 1.0 (100) 0.10 (10)

PERMISSIBLE LEAKAGE LEVELS AROUND TRANSPORT CONTAINERS

mGy/h mR/h

On the surface 2 200

At 1 m from surface 0.1 10

TRANSPORT OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL PACKAGE


Limit on the radiation
level at the external
Limit on T.I
surface of the package
(mR/h)

Category I - WHITE 0.5 0.0

Category II - YELLOW 50 1.0

Category III - YELLOW 200 10.0

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