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Chapter 4:
Radiation and Radioactivity
1 gram of Cobalt-60
has the same activity as
1800 tons of natural Uranium
Medical X-Rays
Radon 55.0% 11
Other 1%
Internal 11%
Man-Made 18% Consumer
Products 3%
Nuclear
Cosmic 8% Terrestrial 6% Medicine 4%
Contaminated:
External
external radioactive material:Exposure
on the skin
internal radioactive material:
inhaled, swallowed,
absorbed through skin or
wounds
Chronic Dose
Radiation dose received over a long period of time
Body more easily repairs damage from chronic doses
Does not usually result in observable effects
Examples: Background Radiation and Inhalation
Internal Deposition
Nuclear Engineering Department
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Radiation and Contamination
Exposure to Radiation will not contaminate
you or make you radioactive.
Contamination is Radioactive Material
spilled someplace you don’t want it.
Contact with Contamination can
contaminate you with the material.
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