Question #76001
Naturally occurring Potassium-40 is listed as responsible for 16 mrem/y of background radiation in Table 30.4. Calculate the mass of Potassium-40 that must be inside the 52 kg body of a woman to produce this dose. Each Potassium-40 decay emits a 1.30 MeV β, if 60% of this energy is absorbed inside the body.
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