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Re:Banana Equivalent Dose by hnarn on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @06:56AM (#35785709)
In the exact example you provide I agree that “bananas for scale” can make sense, but I still claim that it scales very badly when talking about larger amounts of radiation.
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Re:Banana Equivalent Dose by thfuran on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @07:41AM (#35786045)
But the whole point is to discuss small amounts of radiation.
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Re:Banana Equivalent Dose by hnarn on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @10:44AM (#35788262)
So you’re saying “The maximum permitted radiation leakage for a nuclear power plant” in my example is not a small amount?
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Re:Banana Equivalent Dose by thfuran on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @04:28PM (#35793699)
It's pretty small, but it's not bananas small. The maximum plausible exposure a person could expect to encounter from a nuclear plant leaking that maximum amount of radiation is.
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