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julian_w
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Location: Somewhere beyond Middle Peak Hotel, north of Middle Earth, and well away from the Middle of the Road
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 Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 7:00 am Post subject: Realtime radiation levels - Korea and Japan |
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A friend posted this a few days ago and i only just noticed that it included 'our' insular peninsular, and thought some of yous might be interested:
http://www.stubbytour.com/nuc/index_en.asp
If you're able to find out more about where this setup is from and who's behind it, or what all the numbers mean, i'd appreciate it 'cos i have no idea. I never have been a numbers person. I just think it looks kinda interesting...
especially the part where overall, generally, SK appears to have higher average numbers...
and the way in which all Korea's numbers appear to be strangely similar...
and they way there actually is no counter listed for Gwangju, which is amongst the larger urban centers in the land, and also has a US airbase still centered... and is down wind of one of the nuclear power factories... the only one on the west coast, actually.
Any interpretations or comments? |
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julian_w
Joined: 08 Sep 2003
Location: Somewhere beyond Middle Peak Hotel, north of Middle Earth, and well away from the Middle of the Road
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| Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 8:47 pm Post subject: Colours |
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Someone else just posted this nice link, also helpful with it's beautiful colours and thoughtful design:
http://xkcd.com/radiation/
This puts things in context nicely, especially for someone like me, so bad with numbers.
To get back to the first link posted though: the other obvious question is why are there no links nor data available for the first two stations just north of the six (1, 2, 3...6) reactors..? Anyone out there know that story? |
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swinewho
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cj1976
Joined: 26 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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| So, is it ever likely to be a real threat to us in Korea? 3 million won a month isn't worth risking my health for.. |
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joyorbison
Joined: 06 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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This BBC article sums up what I feel, that people in Korea have nothing to worry about.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12860842
Worrying about getting radiation poisoning in Korea is on par with fan death and kimchi as a cure for SARS. |
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Ruthdes
Joined: 16 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 9:18 pm Post subject: Re: Colours |
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| julian_w wrote: |
| To get back to the first link posted though: the other obvious question is why are there no links nor data available for the first two stations just north of the six (1, 2, 3...6) reactors..? Anyone out there know that story? |
Maybe no one wants to go in there to measure?
Interesting links. It's good to know that the amounts are so low, even in Japan atm. I wonder what they were before the damage.
Some interesting points from the two links (assuming they are correct as I'm not going to be putting too much faith in the scientific accuracy of a Korean travel site and a joke chart site):
A dental x-ray: 5 microsievert (0.005 millisievert).
Flying LA to NYC: 40 microsievert (0.040 millisievert)
The EPA acceptable yearly dose for one member of the public: 1 millisievert
A chest CT scan: 5.8 millisievert
The current yearly (pro-rated) dose for the Ibaraki region: 6.77 millisievert
Acceptable yearly dose for a nuclear plant worker: 50 millisievert
Yearly dose clearly linked to cancer: 100 millisievert
Acceptable short term dose for accident response saving valuable property: 100 millisievert
Acceptable short term dose for accident response saving lives: 250 millisievert
Short-term dose to get radiation poisoning: 400 millisievert
Fatal short term dose, even with treatment: 8 sievert (8000 millisievert)
Just some food for thought. Hopefully I copied them correctly. |
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Jake_Kim
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Location: Seoul
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julian_w
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ZIFA
Joined: 23 Feb 2011
Location: Dici che il fiume..Trova la via al mare
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| Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2011 7:00 am Post subject: Re: Colours |
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| Ruthdes wrote: |
| Fatal short term dose, even with treatment: 8 sievert (8000 millisievert). |
Apparently 2 sieverts is enough to make you very sick and give you a 25% chance of death within 30 days.
ie thats about 1.5 hours of standing outside the front gate of fukushima without protective equipt. |
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