Radiation Chart

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Post by inaequitas » Sat, Mar 19, 2011, 8:20 PM UTC

Re: Radiation Chart

#2

Post by BoppreH » Sat, Mar 19, 2011, 9:36 PM UTC

The EPA guidelines for emergencies are very interesting: doses linked with increased cancer risk are allowed during property and life saving.

Aside from this chart, what other resources are around xkcd.com that are not mentioned in the main page?

I feel like I'm losing big information here.

Re: Radiation Chart

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Post by jeffcoat » Sat, Mar 19, 2011, 9:37 PM UTC

BoppreH wrote: post #2

The EPA guidelines for emergencies are very interesting: doses linked with increased cancer risk are allowed during property and life saving. Aside from this chart, what other resources are around xkcd.com that are not mentioned in the main page? I feel like I'm losing big information here.

This was posted today on the XKCD blag [sic], which is distinct from the comic feed.

http://blag.xkcd.com/

Re: Radiation Chart

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Post by mikecane » Sun, Mar 20, 2011, 1:26 AM UTC

It should be noted that up to 4,000 microSieverts was measured near the plants. Measurements have been in the 3,000 mSV range. That's over the 2K mSV "severe radiation poisoning" level cited in the chart

Re: Radiation Chart

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Post by bigiain » Sun, Mar 20, 2011, 2:12 AM UTC

BoppreH wrote: post #2

The EPA guidelines for emergencies are very interesting: doses linked with increased cancer risk are allowed during property and life saving. Aside from this chart, what other resources are around xkcd.com that are not mentioned in the main page? I feel like I'm losing big information here.

I wonder what "clearly linked to increased cancer risk" actually means.

I don't have any idea whether that means it's more or less dangerous than, say, smoking.

Re: Radiation Chart

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Post by miratrix » Sun, Mar 20, 2011, 6:02 AM UTC

mikecane wrote: post #4

It should be noted that up to 4,000 microSieverts was measured near the plants. Measurements have been in the 3,000 mSV range. That's over the 2K mSV "severe radiation poisoning" level cited in the chart

mSv stands for milli-Sievert, and uSv is micro-Sievert. 4000 uSv would be equivalent to 4 mSv, which is where Randall has it listed.

Re: Radiation Chart

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Post by mikecane » Sun, Mar 20, 2011, 6:38 PM UTC

miratrix wrote: post #6

mikecane wrote: post #4

It should be noted that up to 4,000 microSieverts was measured near the plants. Measurements have been in the 3,000 mSV range. That's over the 2K mSV "severe radiation poisoning" level cited in the chart

mSv stands for milli-Sievert, and uSv is micro-Sievert. 4000 uSv would be equivalent to 4 mSv, which is where Randall has it listed.

Dammit. Thanks for the correction. I meant MICRO-Sievert.

Re: Radiation Chart

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Post by WildUtah » Tue, Mar 22, 2011, 6:39 PM UTC

"If you're basing radiation safety procedures on an internet PNG and things go wrong, you have no one to blame but yourself."

Japan's nuclear regulators were using a fuzzy JPG file when they licensed all those reactors in a tsunami zone. Chernobyl was designed with a GIF.