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Figure 6.6 is a comparison of the different dose rates in the cities and towns
with the maximum permissible limit (shown in yellow colour in the extreme
right). As could be seen in the figure, all the different dose rates in the
different towns are much lower than the maximum permissible limit. Even
the relatively high dose rate in Arandis is only about one-third of the
maximum permissible limit. It therefore follows that radiation hazard in these
cities and towns are negligible and there is no cause for alarm.
It may be useful to mention that some radiation hazard indices were also
calculated for the different cities and towns but all the results show that
radiation hazard is negligible in these cities and towns.
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EFFECTIVE DOSE RATES (mSv/y) 0.6
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CITIES AND TOWNS
Figure 6.6: A comparison of the dose rates in different cities and towns with
the maximum permissible limit.
