Graph: Radiation levels in perspective

[flamingdem]

http://twitpic.com/49mm4l

With purdy pictures.

[Hissyspit]

1. Interactive. Hold your cursor over 400sMV: "Current Fukushima Levels 400mSv"

Vomiting, Nausea. Beginning of reduction of white blood cells.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. At the plant

it does dissipate very fast, why the principles of TIME (exposure, why some of the operators are already dead) Distance, (how far you are) matters

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. But but I have been told that flying exposes me to more

than a day in the sun!

(Sorry could not resist)

[Motown_Johnny]

10. .

Are you comparing the 0.2 number, described as a plane trip from Tokyo to New York, with the 2.4 number which is the ANNUAL amount of natural radiation (world average)?


Because it seems from these numbers that flying does expose you to much more than a day in the sun.

2.4/365.25 = 0.006570


So in one day of natural exposure to radiation you would receive (on average) about 0.0065 mSv while on that one plane trip you would receive 0.2 mSv.

[Electric Monk]

3. How many milliSieverts in a Roentgen or in a millicoulomb/kilogram?

Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I still think in Roentgens.

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. and I think in rads

SI multiples and conversions

Frequently used SI multiples are the millisievert (1 mSv = 10−3 Sv) and microsievert (1 μSv = 10−6 Sv) or (1 mSv = 0.001 Sv) and (1 μSv = 0.000001 Sv).
An older unit of the equivalent dose is the rem (Röntgen equivalent man). In some fields and countries, the rem and millirem (abbreviated mrem) continue to be used along with Sv and mSv, causing confusion. Here are the conversion equivalences:
1 Sv = 100 rem
1 mSv = 100 mrem = 0.1 rem
1 μSv = 0.1 mrem
1 rem = 0.01 Sv = 10 mSv
1 mrem = 0.00001 Sv = 0.01 mSv = 10 μSv

[Cetacea]

4. Thank you n/t

[pokerfan]

7. I noticed that the funny cartoon characters started petering out

when they got up towards radiation sickness and death. It would be useful to those involved if they knew what the actual levels they were dealing with but all their getting from the government is an admission that the radiation is at a http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12740843">level that can impact human health.

[nemo137]

8. Interesting, thanks

[suffragette]

9. Thanks flamingdem

K&R

[Kip Humphrey]

11. Hmmm... long term cancer risk seems to be missing. Guess that's not significant... no problem here.