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18 March 2010

Answer to Question #88 Submitted to "Ask the Experts"

Category: Environmental and Background Radiation — General

The following question was answered by an expert in the appropriate field:

What is the rate of background radiation?

A nice summary of natural background radiation in the United States appears on the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF) Web site at http://www.rerf.or.jp/glossary_e/backgrou.htm. The information on the RERF site is taken from the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) Report 93. For information on ordering NCRP reports go the NCRP Web site.

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