Re: Bananas (K-40)

[Mike McNaughton <mcnaught@lanl.gov>]

Why do we select bananas as our K-40 example? Most food (except sugar and
salt) has from about 1/3 to twice the concentration of K-40 as bananas.
Meats have about the same K-40 as bananas; nuts and beans have more K-40
than bananas.

"Shlala gashle" (Zulu greeting, meaning "Stay safe")
mike (mcnaught@LANL.GOV)


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