Conor Stewart
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Get in touch with us now| Characteristic | Radiation level in millisievert |
|---|---|
| Lethal dose | 7,000 |
| Radiation at the reactor in Chernobyl | 6,000 |
| Mortality rate of 50 percent | 4,000 |
| Dose per hour at the power plant in Fukushima, Tuesday 15 March | 400 |
| Dose that induces acute radiation sickness | 250 |
| Annual dose, which can cause cancer at one percent crude irradiated | 100 |
| Dose from a whole-body computed tomography | 10 |
| Average annual dose according to the UN | 2.4 |
| Average annual dose according to BfS | 2.1 |
| Dose x-ray of the spine | 1.2 |
| First officially measured value at reaktor in Fukushima, Friday 11 March | 1.02 |
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Release date
March 2011
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Worldwide
Survey time period
1986 to 2011
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