urce Dose (mremlyear) turally Occurring Radiation emic rays rrestrial radiation (rocks, buildings) side human body (K-40 and Ra-266 in the bones) don in the air tal 27 28 39 200 294 mificial Radiation dical Xrays aclear medicine nsumer products aclear power plants I others tal 39 14 10 0.5 1.5 65.0 rand total 359 e the data in the table to decide which is more serious: an accident involving radiation exposure in which a person receives 4.23x10* Sv or the amount of radiation that the average person receives hually from terrestrial radiation (rocks, buildings) . (1 rem = 0.01 Sv) cident rrestrial radiation (rocks, buildings)

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Average Exposure to Radiation from Common Sources
Source
Dose (mremlyear)
Naturally Occurring Radiation
Cosmic rays
Terrestrial radiation (rocks, buildings)
Inside human body (K-40 and Ra-266 in the bones)
Radon in the air
27
28
39
200
Total
294
Artificial Radiation
Medical Xrays
Nuclear medicine
Consumer products
Nuclear power plants
All others
39
14
10
0.5
1.5
Total
65.0
Grand total
359
Use the data in the table to decide which is more serious: an accident involving radiation exposure in which a person receives 4.23x104 Sv or the amount of radiation that the average person receives
annually from terrestrial radiation (rocks, buildings). (1 rem = 0.01 Sv)
accident
terrestrial radiation (rocks, buildings)
Transcribed Image Text:Average Exposure to Radiation from Common Sources Source Dose (mremlyear) Naturally Occurring Radiation Cosmic rays Terrestrial radiation (rocks, buildings) Inside human body (K-40 and Ra-266 in the bones) Radon in the air 27 28 39 200 Total 294 Artificial Radiation Medical Xrays Nuclear medicine Consumer products Nuclear power plants All others 39 14 10 0.5 1.5 Total 65.0 Grand total 359 Use the data in the table to decide which is more serious: an accident involving radiation exposure in which a person receives 4.23x104 Sv or the amount of radiation that the average person receives annually from terrestrial radiation (rocks, buildings). (1 rem = 0.01 Sv) accident terrestrial radiation (rocks, buildings)
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