Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Radiation Levels?

Confused by all these new terms re the radiation coming out of the F Nuclear Plants in Japan?  Me to.  I keep waiting for someone to use REMs, which is the term I remember.

Here, from one of the cartoons I follow, when I follow them, is a chart showing relative sources of radiation.

Regards  —  Cliff
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2 comments:

  1. Corey3/29/2011 10:45:00 AM

    Ah, a fellow XKCD fan!

    Also, 100 REM = 1 Sv

    (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roentgen_equivalent_man)

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  2. Corey3/29/2011 10:50:00 AM

    Heh - should've clicked your REM link since it already points to Wikipedia :-P

    This stuff gets so confusing, Sievert, Rad, Rem, roentgen, Curie, Gray...

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