[ RadSafe ] dose values reported in Japan continue to be confusing

[Perle, Sandy]

The posting below was posted to the wearing subject, so I've started a new
subject line. Sorry about that.

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On 3/19/11 6:39 PM, "Perle, Sandy" <SPerle at mirion.com> wrote:

>From the latest CNN report out of Tokyo:
>
>"Six members of the emergency crew at the plant have been exposed to
>more than 100 millisieverts of radiation per hour, the equivalent of
>getting 10 chest X-rays per hour, plant owner Tokyo Electric Power
>Company said.
>
>Tokyo Electric had raised the exposure level for emergency workers from
>its previous standard of 100
>millisieverts per hour to 250 millisieverts."
>
>I never heard of any chest x-ray where you get 10 per hour with a dose of
>100 mSv!
>
>Where do they get their stuff? Are they simply oblivious to the dose units
>they're reporting? Now if they said 100 mrem per bour, I could see a chest
>x-ay of 10 mrem each.
>
>Regards,
>
>Sandy


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