A Gamma radiographic team of two individuals must radiograph ten pipe girth welds at

one location. Each weld requires three exposures. They have a 100-curie Iridium 192
source. During the travel during the travel of the source from the camera to the position
in the collimator the radiographer measures a dose rate of 500 mR/hr at the crank. It takes
five seconds to crank the source in or out. If the radiographer cranked the source what
dose would the radiographer receive while radiographing the 10 welds?

Step 1: convert 5 seconds to hours.

There are 3600 seconds in 1 hour.

5 sec onds
= 0.0014hours
3600hours

Step 2: use the formula I x T = D.

D = 500 mR/hr x 0.0014 hours

D = 0.7 mR per crank.

Step 3: Determine the total number of cranks.

10 welds x 3 exposures x 2 cranks = 60 cranks

Step 4: Determine the total dose.

60 cranks x 0.7 mR per crank = 42 mR