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Very interesting. I remember hearing a story from someone that worked on a nuclear reactor on an aircraft carrier. They did the same radiation checks on the car
by cmelbye 16y ago
Very interesting. I remember hearing a story from someone that worked on a nuclear reactor on an aircraft carrier. They did the same radiation checks on the carrier, and it turned out that people out in the sun received more radiation than the people working inside on the reactor.
- JacobAldridge 16y agoThe OP received about 5 rems - equivalent to eating about 500 bananas (a BED of 500) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_equivalent_dose http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_equivalent_dose
- crystalis 16y agoWhy are you being upvoted? From your link: "The equivalent dose for 365 bananas (one per day for a year) is 3.6 millirems (36 μSv)." 500 bananas is 5 millirems. Try 500k.
- JacobAldridge 16y agoMy guess is that my recollection, connection, and linking to the concept of the BED is being upvoted more than my math abilities.
- jedc 16y agoI'm an ex-Navy nuke (submarine officer), and this is very likely. A colleague of mine worked on a carrier. Because he was in the (nuclear) engineering department, he had to wear dosimetry no matter where he stood watch. One month he stood watch in the engineroom in close proximity to the reactors (and shielding). The next month he stood watch on/around the bridge, far away from the reactor but in the sun. His exposure from just being outside was noticeably higher than when he stood watch next to the reactor.