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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Phys. 2009 Oct;97(4):275–298. doi: 10.1097/HP.0b013e3181ac9306

Table 2.

Location factors used for dose calculations in the RADRUE program.

Location Location Factora Reference
Work in the vicinity of a strong local source 2.5 Expert opinion
Forest husbandry 1.7 Expert opinion
Livestock farming, field-husbandry 1.5 Expert opinion
Work in the vicinity of a local source 1.5 Expert opinion
Decontamination 1.35 Expert opinion
Outside 1.0
In a tent 1.0
On a motorcycle 1.0 Expert opinion
In a car 0.50 Expert opinion
In a bus or truck 0.29 Expert opinion
In a helicopter, height above ground:
 10 m 0.36 Kryuchkov et al. 2008
 20 m 0.14 Kryuchkov et al. 2008
 30 m 0.11 Kryuchkov et al. 2008
 50 m 0.08 Kryuchkov et al. 2008
 100 m 0.04 Kryuchkov et al. 2008
In an armored troop-carrier or armored landing troop-carrier 0.017 Expert opinion
In an engineering-obstacle-clearing or chemical-exploring-fighting machine 0.01 Dyachenko 1996
Housing of various types
 Wooden 0.11 Bailiff and Stepanenko 1996
 Brick 0.07 Bailiff and Stepanenko 1996
 Brick or concrete multi-story building 0.03 Bailiff and Stepanenko 1996
In bathyscaphe, a shielded exploring device moved by the crane “Demag” 0.0005 Expert opinion
In the shielded control space for the operator of the crane “Demag” 0.0003 Expert opinion
a

Coefficients of variation for these location factors were estimated to be 0.25.