Which risk escalates when a cobalt-60 radiation source shield degrades?

💡 Explanation

Increased stochastic health effects occur because the radiation shielding fails, the protection against gamma exposure decreases, so radioactive decay products impact a wider area. This increases the probability of DNA damage and cancer, rather than changes in energy or half-life.

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