The Best Way to Reduce Your Radiation Dose from a Co-60

question 5

Multiple Choice

The best way to reduce your radiation dose from a Co-60 gamma emitting source is to _______.

• A) reduce the temperature of the source
• B) move twice as far away
• C) spend half the time near the source
• D) double the thickness of wood between you and the source
• E) nonsense! You cannot change the potential dose

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