Physics 0625 · IGCSE · Radioactivity

Radioactivity — practice question

Which precaution does not necessarily lower a scientist’s exposure when handling sources of ionising radiation?

  • Aensuring the scientist only works with sources of radiation that have long half-lives
  • Bincreasing the distance between the scientist and the source of radiation
  • Climiting the time for which the scientist handles the source of radiation
  • Dplacing a lead shield between the scientist and the source of radiation

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