[ RadSafe ] Blast at #2 Reactor at Fukushima #1 Plant

[McNaughton, Michael]

I just replied to a question from an engineering student who is confused because sometimes we use "microsieverts" when we mean "microsieverts per hour". 

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From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Jeff Terry
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 5:34 PM
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Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Blast at #2 Reactor at Fukushima #1 Plant

Micro or milli?

I saw reports of 3100 microseiverts

Jeff

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On Mar 14, 2011, at 6:20 PM, Roger Helbig <rhelbig at sfo.com> wrote:

> NHK live is indicating 965 microSieverts/hr being observed lowered to 882
> later on and workers being evacuated - possible crack or rupture in the
> suppression pool
> 
> http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/6810.htm
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> Roger
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