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Career Path => Radiation Safety => Topic started by: scaife on Mar 03, 2009, 06:38

Title: Looking for help
Post by: scaife on Mar 03, 2009, 06:38
I am enrolled in a Radiation Safety Course in Canada, and we are currently doing Radiological and Biological half-life calculations where these combine for the effective half-life received from an intake.  While the formula is pretty straight forward, I am finding it difficult to find the Biological half-life listed for many nuclides.

Would anyone know of a chart with this information on it?

I appreciate any response.
-dave
Title: Re: Looking for help
Post by: retired nuke on Mar 03, 2009, 07:28
A quick google for biological half life led to this...

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/Hbase/nuclear/biohalf.html (http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/Hbase/nuclear/biohalf.html)

that's a start - try and get a copy of the Rad HEalth Handbook - it may have more data in it.

Good luck, and keep studyin...
Title: Re: Looking for help
Post by: scaife on Mar 03, 2009, 08:11
Thank you kindly HouseDad, I did have a link to this site but was thinking their might be something else available out there as well. 

- Cheers
Dave