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Just a note - all radiation levels reported from around the plant are measured in milli(m)/micro(u)-sieverts(Sv) per hour. For comparison, the worldwide average background radiation level is approx. 0.274 uSv/h, and the usa recommended continuous occupational limit is 5.71 uSv/h. For example, the highest level I've seen reported is 400 mSv/h, or 70000x the recommended limit. Info from wikipedia.


I feel bad for posting the same thing so much, but there are just too many discussions of this going on.

"As of 0:30 pm, the measured value of radiation dose near MP6 was 4μSv/h. The increase of the radiation dose cannot be confirmed at this time."

http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/press/corp-com/release/11031405-e....

I've seen lots of things reported, but I'm always leery of things that have gone through two or three languages to get to us. We've all played that translation party where things get translated into gibberish. I'm going to have to take it with a grain of salt when people get their news from the French embassy (which, last I knew, was not known for nuclear expertise, but feel free to prove me wrong).




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