A person is exposed for 3 days to identical amounts of twodifferent nuclides that emit positrons of roughly equal energy.The half-life of nuclide A is 18.5 days, and the half-life ofnuclide B is 255 days. Which of the two nuclides poses thegreater health risk?

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Writing and Balancing Nuclear Equations

A nuclear equation is a symbolic representation of a nuclear reaction using certain symbols. It is studied in nuclear chemistry and nuclear physics.