Explanation Living cells have always been exposed to chronic radiation of low level that arises from radioactive nuclei and cosmic rays present in environment naturally; however, diagnostic X-rays produces sufficient amount of artificial radiation exposure to living cells. The exposure indicates the radiation amount reaching the material and depends on the characteristic of the beam. The absorbed dose is the amount of energy absorbed by tissue when an ionizing radiation is imparted on it. MPD is the maximum permissible dose a living thing can abosorbed without any significant side effect. The average dose for a person is 170 mrem ⋅ y − 1 . The average dose for a person is 10 , 000 person rems . The accumulated dose by a person in 30 years is: A d = ( 170 mrem ⋅ y − 1 ) ( 30 y ) = 5100 mrem ( 1 rem 1000 mrem ) ≈ 5 rem Here, A d is accumulated dose in a person. The additional cancer death is: N = ( 5 rem 250 rem ) ( 300 , 000 ) = 6000 Here, N is number of additional cancer death

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