Tuesday 7 May 2013

7.9 explain the sources of background radiation

There are so many sources of background radiation: different radioactive materials are in the environment.
An example of this is boron in the soil which emits radiation; cosmic rays from space are radioactive too.

50% radon gas from the ground, 12% buildings and the ground, 12% food and drink, 12% cosmic rays, 14% artificial sources - mainly cosmic rays, small amount of nuclear power and weapons test
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  1. Unknown25 January 2016 at 16:33

    A lot easier to say natural sources are : cosmic rays and granite and artificial sources are : nuclear fallouts and medical scans/treatments

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  2. Anonymous23 April 2016 at 23:28

    dude you comment too much.

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