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TIL that Bananas can be used as an informal unit of measurement for ionizing radiation. It’s called the Banana Equivalent Dose, or BED.
Because bananas are high in potassium, they also have naturally occurring potassium-40, an isotope that is radioactive. 1 BED ~ 10^-7 sievert (Sv) or 0.1 μSv.
The maximum permitted radiation leakage for a nuclear power plant is equivalent to 2,500 BED (250 μSv) per year, while a chest CT scan delivers 70,000 BED (7 mSv). An acute lethal dose of radiation is approximately 35,000,000 BED (3.5 Sv).
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"content": "TIL that Bananas can be used as an informal unit of measurement for ionizing radiation. It’s called the Banana Equivalent Dose, or BED. \n\nBecause bananas are high in potassium, they also have naturally occurring potassium-40, an isotope that is radioactive. 1 BED ~ 10^-7 sievert (Sv) or 0.1 μSv.\n\nThe maximum permitted radiation leakage for a nuclear power plant is equivalent to 2,500 BED (250 μSv) per year, while a chest CT scan delivers 70,000 BED (7 mSv). An acute lethal dose of radiation is approximately 35,000,000 BED (3.5 Sv).\n\n\n https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_4c21c9a8525966d74cfe61e35c673f609f770a385cfd54e83841543ad65b7b37.png",
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