[ RadSafe ] Astrophysicists Report Radioactive Cobalt in Supernova Explosion

[radiation]

Don't worry, the supernova won't kill you, it will be rather the Ebola 
virus !

On 09/09/2014 19:00, radsafe-request at health.phys.iit.edu wrote:
> From:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu  [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of KARAM, PHILIP
> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 12:45 PM
> To: The International Radiation Protection (Health Physics) Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Astrophysicists Report Radioactive Cobalt in Supernova Explosion
>
> Yep! Due to shielding by the supernova remnant only about 10% of the gamma radiation escapes into space, and that's over the space of a year.