Re: Bananacuries

[Steven.Rima@DOEGJPO.COM (Steven Rima)]

     I don't know about Brazil nuts, but I have information that the 
     "average" banana (we won't discuss what that is) contains about 400 
     total milligrams of potassium, with a resulting activity of about 0.3 
     nanocuries. Closer to a bananabecquerel.  :-)
     
     Steven D. Rima, CHP
     Manager, Health Physics and Industrial Hygiene
     MACTEC-ERS, LLC
     steven.rima@doegjpo.com


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Subject: Bananacuries
Author:  Scott Schwahn <schwahn@jlab.org> at Internet
Date:    6/25/98 4:56 PM


I just did a search of the RADSAFE archives have not gotten a response 
yet, and am in quite a hurry to get the answer to the following 
question.  If you have such information, please let me know.
     
What is the average K-40 specific activity in a banana?  In a Brazil 
nut?
     
I have heard it is on the level of a bananacurie ;-}
     
Thanks for your prompt replies (I hope).
     
Scott
     
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Scott O. Schwahn, CHP
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility 
schwahn@jlab.org