tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post5195526641734750856..comments2024-02-20T15:17:48.594+11:00Comments on A.E.Brain: Latest from the International Atomic Energy AgencyZoe Brainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13712045376060102538noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post-89254482547965573492011-03-22T02:42:19.661+11:002011-03-22T02:42:19.661+11:00Minor correction:
"Dai-no" should be &q...Minor correction:<br /><br />"Dai-no" should be "Dai-ni", which is Hepburn/Nipponsiki/Kunrei-shiki for "第二". "第一", on the other hand, has two different romanizations: "Dai-ichi" (Hepburn), and "Dai-iti"(Nipponsiki/Kunrei-shiki).Zimbelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post-82655387388216723572011-03-21T03:15:13.806+11:002011-03-21T03:15:13.806+11:00Regardless of the factual conditions, dosage level...Regardless of the factual conditions, dosage levels, or other pertinent factors, one stands to bother me. IT is about fraud and negligence that is rampant. We are now discovering that Japan's Nuclear industry has been faking it, as has our own. And like Three Mile Island, the actual leakage amounts were obscured for decades from the public. As well as memos, and information hidden or destroyed. Worse, is that there is little except, perhaps, universities or some independent labs that might look deeper. So, not being a hysterical woman running around with my hair on fire, I simply wonder what the truth really is. And ask, moreover, what would be the response if I were to drive down main street releasing "SAFE" amounts of poisonous chemicals and nuclear waste?<br /><br />Estelle:)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06346107712165329251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post-50436956442892856302011-03-19T03:51:18.339+11:002011-03-19T03:51:18.339+11:003.3 Rem = 33 mSv.
Sv is a dose, not a quantity o...3.3 Rem = 33 mSv. <br /><br />Sv is a dose, not a quantity of radiation, so it's a bit strange to talk about the reactor emitting 3.3 Rem/hr. More accurate to say the dose a human would get near the reactor is 3.3 Rem/hr. A stiff breeze might reduce that (depending on whether it's gas or gamma). <br /><br />Japan just increased its permissible dose from 100 to 250 mSv (10 to 25 Rem). So someone could work for a day without going over that dose.<br /><br />250 mSv is too low to give you any noticeable radiation sickness. <br /><br />250 mSv will increase your risk of cancer from roughly 25% to roughly 26%, worst case (assuming the linear relationship holds, which it may not). This is a fairly edgy thing to do. It's far from a suicide mission, though.Chris Phoenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13368959552769808835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post-52036604700519123502011-03-19T03:28:52.255+11:002011-03-19T03:28:52.255+11:00Thanks for the peer-review and correction.
I'...Thanks for the peer-review and correction.<br /><br />I've changed the article accordingly, leaving a record of my error. I don't hide mistakes. I just try not to make too many, and correct them ASAP.Zoe Brainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13712045376060102538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post-44336423039898702162011-03-19T02:03:38.943+11:002011-03-19T02:03:38.943+11:00There are two separate facilities involved. Fukus...There are two separate facilities involved. Fukushima Dai-ichi and Fukushima Dai-ni.<br /><br />In Japanese, 'dai' is a counting word/article. Ichi is 'one' and ni is 'two'.<br /><br />The quote that begins this post is referring to facility two, Dai-ni.<br /><br />It's easy for non-Japanese speakers to miss the distinction. Having said that, it's good to see someone relating facts rather than simply shrieking, as most of the mass media seem to be doing.<br /><br />Thank you.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17834360422359513050noreply@blogger.com