A freshly prepared radioactive sample of half- life $1$ hour emits radiations that are $128$ times as intense as the permissible safe limit. The minimum time after which this sample can be safely used is .........$hours$

  • A

    $14$

  • B

    $7$

  • C

    $128 $

  • D

    $256 $

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