A worker in a laboratory unknowingly became exposed to a sample of radio-labeled sodium iodide made from iodine-131 (beta emitter, t/2= 8.07 days). The mistake was realized 28 days after the accidental exposure, at which time the activity of the sample was 25.6 x 105 Ci/g. The safety officer needed to know how active the sample was at the time of the exposure.

A worker in a laboratory unknowingly became exposed to a sample of radio-labeled sodium iodide made from iodine-131 (beta emitter, t/2= 8.07 days). The mistake was realized 28 days after the accidental exposure, at which time the activity of the sample was 25.6 x 105 Ci/g. The safety officer needed to know how active the sample was at the time of the exposure.

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