[ RadSafe ] Hysteria 400 mSv /hr was over a limited area

[John R Johnson]

Radsafers

I agree, and also note that Howards states that "there were local radiation 
levels between reactor 3  and 4 of as much as 400 mSv/hour (40 rem/hour)."

I'm sure that that area would be restricted.

John
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From: "parthasarathy k s" <ksparth at yahoo.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] Hysteria 400 mSv /hr was over a limited area


> The highest value of 400mSv/hr was limited to a location and was not over 
> a wide
> area.
>
> regards
> Parthasarathy
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Howard <howard.long at comcast.net>
> To: Jerry Cohen <jjcohen at prodigy.net>; The International Radiation 
> Protection
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> Sent: Sat, 19 March, 2011 22:40:34
> Subject: [ RadSafe ] Hysteria
>
> Not all media promote the state of fear (Below)
> Howard Long
> Oh, get a grip
>
> I guess panic just sells papers:
>
> Here’s the Daily Mail:
>
> The moment nuclear plant chief WEPT as Japanese finally admit that 
> radiation
> leak is serious enough to kill people
>
> Now, this is not actually much of a surprise, and it goes with the 
> announcement
> that the plant accident was being raised from INES level 4 (not as bad as 
> Three
> Mile Island) to level 5 (as bad as Three Mile Island.)  We’ve had reports 
> for a
> couple of days already that there were local radiation levels between 
> reactor 3
> and 4 of as much as 400 mSv/hour (40 rem/hour).
>
> This is, indeed, enough to kill people: 15 hours at 40 rem/hr is 600 rem, 
> the so
> called “LD 50/30″ dose. That is, if you receive that much radiation, the 
> chances
> are 50-50 that you’ll die within 30 days. (You’ll sometimes see 400 rem 
> called
> the “lethal” dose, but that’s the dose at which 50 percent die without 
> medical
> treatment.)
>
> But it’s also like saying “the truck reached 40 miles an hour, enough to 
> kill
> people.”  It doesn’t mean “peopleare dying”, it means “get out of the way 
> of
> trucks”.
>
> Since this rate was measured only in one small area of the plant, the 
> solution
> is to keep people from spending a long time in that area of the plant — 
> which
> they are doing.  And possibly have a look at whatIAEA said in the post 
> Bryan was
> good enough to do for me while I was busy this morning.  The IAEA said
> particularly:
>
> Clarification
>
> Contrary to several news reports, the IAEA to date has NOT received any
> notification from the Japanese authorities of people sickened by radiation
> contamination.
>
> In the report of 17 March 01:15 UTC, the cases described were of people 
> who were
> reported to have had radioactive contamination detected on them when they 
> were
> monitored.
>
> Get that? “Contrary to several news reports….”
>
> Plus: Daniel Kahl, an American living in Japan, begs the media to stop the
> hysteria.
>
> Posted at 12:27 pm on March 18th, 2011 by
>
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