Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)
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Author: Richard Wolfson
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Chapter 38, Problem 55P
The table below lists reported levels of iodine-131 contamination in milk in four countries affected by the 1986 Chernobyl accident, along with each country’s safety guideline. Given I-131’s half-life of 8.04 days, how long did each country have to wait for 1-131 levels to decline to a level deemed safe by its standards?
| Country | Level (Bq/L) | |
| Reported | Safety Guideline | |
| Poland | 2000 | 1000 |
| Austria | 1500 | 370 |
| Germany | 1184 | 500 |
| Romania | 2900 | 185 |
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