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I'm reading that the crew got a dose of 60 mSv.

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by DoDo on Thu Mar 17th, 2011 at 09:47:31 AM EST
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Apparently you need 250mSv to experience radiation sickness.

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0.25 - 1 Sv (250 - 1000 mSv): Some people feel nausea and loss of appetite; bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen damaged.

So, in what may be my last act of "advising", I'll advise you to cut the jargon. -- My old PhD advisor, to me, 26/2/11

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Mar 17th, 2011 at 09:52:05 AM EST
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Less is enough to increase the probability of cancer. At any rate, the current limit set by the Japanese government for emergency workers is the lower limit of radiation sickness, 250 mSv.

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by DoDo on Thu Mar 17th, 2011 at 09:56:35 AM EST
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Criterion for relocation after Chernobyl disaster: 350 mSv/lifetime

So, in what may be my last act of "advising", I'll advise you to cut the jargon. -- My old PhD advisor, to me, 26/2/11

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Mar 17th, 2011 at 10:00:32 AM EST
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US limit for volunteers averting major nuclear escalation: 500 mSv^[6]
US limit for volunteers rescuing lives or preventing serious injuries: 1000 mSv^[6]

So, in what may be my last act of "advising", I'll advise you to cut the jargon. -- My old PhD advisor, to me, 26/2/11

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Mar 17th, 2011 at 10:03:06 AM EST
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In an earlier thread, I referred to the relevant international agreement. Its currently valid limits date from 1990, the US limits are set by those, Japan's limits are lower, and were still lower until days ago (100 mSv for emergency workers).

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by DoDo on Thu Mar 17th, 2011 at 10:14:23 AM EST
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Lowest clearly carcinogenic level (i.e. lowest level where the cancer rate can be clearly shown to differ from normal): 100 mSv/year

It's also the case that the same dose over a shorter period of time is more carcinogenic.

So, in what may be my last act of "advising", I'll advise you to cut the jargon. -- My old PhD advisor, to me, 26/2/11

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Mar 17th, 2011 at 10:04:31 AM EST
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