Fukushima Reactor 1 melted down, 2 and 3 may have too

Re:Fukushima Reactor 1 melted down, 2 and 3 may have too by watmough on Monday May 16, 2011 @09:45PM (#2554970)

Let's take a look at the report:

"Gamma Dose Rates in Areas More Than 30 km from Fukushima Daiichi Plant

Gamma dose rates reported specifically for the monitoring points in the eastern part of Fukushima prefecture, for distances of more than 30 km from the Fukushima Daiichi plant, showed a general decreasing trend, ranging from 0.1 µSv/h to 20.3 µSv/h, as reported for 10 May."

Let's say we're unlucky enough to live in that 20.3 µSv/h environment. Our daily dose is 487 µSv. Our monthly dose is 14 mSv. Our yearly dose is 178 mSv, way above pre-Fukushima radiation worker permitted dosage.

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Re:Fukushima Reactor 1 melted down, 2 and 3 may have too by berntb on Tuesday May 17, 2011 @05:15AM (#2555816)

>>Let's say we're unlucky enough to live in that 20.3 µSv/h environment. [...] yearly dose

Sigh, when writing that, you knew that the radiation dose will certainly be much lower in just one year.

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