Considering there are some higher readings on r=the right coast than the left coast I'd say they are insignificant.
You need to measure the rise above normal to mean anything.
BTW - I used to work at Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Athens, AL. Interesting place & I happen to believe it's safe power.
Tom
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of Mike Miller Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 4:39 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: It's Friday- West coast radiation readings
What's normal?
On 3/18/11 2:16 PM, "Mike S" <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM> wrote: > At 04:22 PM 3/18/2011, Rob wrote... >> noon 17mar west coast 11-14 rads >> 10am 18mar west coast 8-14 rads >> 1120am 18mar west coast 8-19 rads >> 120pm 18mar west coast 8-13 rads with SF up to 13 > > If that were true, everyone on the left coast will soon be dead. I'm > pretty sure the units are microrads/hr, which is only a million times > lower. > > 10 rads/hr ~= 100 mGy ~= 100 mSv/hr = 2.4 Sv/day 6-10 Sieverts is a > pretty sure lethal dose, so they would have about 3 days. _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1497/3514 - Release Date: 03/18/11 |
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