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Radiation dose chart... http://xkcd.com/radiation/ http://xkcd.com/radiation/

• rabidsnail 16y ago
  According to that chart 100 millisieverts/year (or 0.01 per hour) is linked to increased cancer risk. The readings in cities near the reactor look like between 0.1 and 0.8. Not good if it doesn't go down.
  • ghshephard 16y ago
    Right - Note, that those are rates per hour. Which means for the .8/Hour, you are seeing 19.2 mSv/Day. You hit that 100 mSv total in about a week. That's bad for two reasons, #1, it's exceeding the 100 mSv baseline, but also, I have to believe that getting that much radiation in a week, instead of a year, can't be good for you either.