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Introduction to Health Physics: Fourth Edition - Ruang Baca FMIPA UB

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612 CHAPTER 11<br />

σ z<br />

(m)<br />

10 3<br />

10 2<br />

10 1<br />

10 0<br />

A<br />

B<br />

C<br />

σ θ<br />

D<br />

25.0°<br />

E<br />

F<br />

20.0°<br />

15.0°<br />

10.0°<br />

10 2 10 3 10 4 10 5<br />

TRAVEL DISTANCE (m)<br />

Figure 11-7. Vertical diffusion standard deviation, σ z , versus downwind distance from a continuously<br />

emitting point source for Pasquill’s atmospheric stability categories. (Reproduced from Slade DH. Meteorology<br />

and A<strong>to</strong>mic Energy. Washing<strong>to</strong>n, DC: US A<strong>to</strong>mic Energy Commission, Technical Information<br />

Division; 1968.)<br />

The many uncertainties implicit in Eq. (11.4), such as type of terrain, fluctuations<br />

in meteorological conditions, etc., lead <strong>to</strong> a degree of imprecision in the calculated<br />

ground-level concentrations. The standard deviation of the calculated concentration<br />

is thought <strong>to</strong> be about a fac<strong>to</strong>r of 3. That is, 68 times out of 100, the true concentration<br />

can be expected <strong>to</strong> lie between x/3 and 3x, while 96 times out of 100, the true<br />

concentration can be expected <strong>to</strong> lie between x/6 and 6x.<br />

W Example 11.3<br />

The 41 Ar effluent from an air-cooled reac<strong>to</strong>r is 40 MBq/s (1.08 mCi/s) on a clear<br />

night, through a chimney 75 m high, when the wind speed at the chimney height<br />

5.0°<br />

2.5°

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