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Q1. A parallel beam of 1-MeV photons is normally incident on a sheet of uranium, 1.0
mm thick. The incident beam intensity is 104 MeV/ cm s.
a) Calculate the energy fluence rate transmitted by the sheet.
b) What fraction of the transmitted energy fluence rate is due to uncollided photons?
c) What physical processes are responsible for energy transfer to the sheet?
Given (µen/p)= 0.05 cm²/g
p= 18.79 g/cm'.

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