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ISBN: 9780134988566

Author: Wolfson, Richard

Publisher: Pearson Education,

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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)
Country	Reported	Safety Guideline
Poland	2000	1000
Austria	1500	370
Germany	1184	500
Romania	2900	185

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