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3.36 On March 11, 2011, a massive earthquake and tsunami triggered a major disaster at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear...

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On March 11, 2011, a massive earthquake and tsunami triggered amajor disaster at Japan’s

Fukushima nuclear plant. A plume extending to the northwest ofthe site deposited significant amounts of iodine-131, cesium-134,and cesium-137 up to 30 miles away. Iodine-131 has an 8-dayhalf-life and cesium-137 has a 3-year half-life. Determine how longit will take 99% of the iodine-131 and 99% of the cesium-

137 to naturally decay (you can learn about “U.S. Nuclear PowerSafety One Year after Fukushima” by readin

g the report written by D. Lochbaum and E. Lyman, located on theweb site of the Union of Concerned Scientists,http://www.ucsusa.org/publications/publications-nuclear-power.html)

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Solution Half life of 131 I 8 days Half life of the 134 Cs 3 year Lets first calculate the rate constants for the both K 0693 t12 Rate constant for iodine 0693 8 day 0086625 day1 Rate    See Answer
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