- 400 the amount of radiation in the air, in milli-sieverts per hour, according to the given estimate
- 40 the amount of radiation that is, in roentgen per hour – which, don’t get us wrong, is very high
- 30k the amount of radiation in Chernnobyl had – which Fukushima doesn’t touch source
- » This is an extremely large jump: One milli-sievert per hour is the legal annual limit for radiation in a year. Our earlier estimate showed a level of 8,217 micro-sieverts. 1,000 micro-sieverts equals 1 milli-sievert. So we went from 8,000 to 400,000 in a couple of hours. This is still no Chernobyl, but this is a huge jump. If it jumps to 1,000,000 micro-sieverts, it leads to radiation sickness – and then we’re in trouble.
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