Japan: 2,000-Millisievert Radiation Detected in No. 1 Reactor Bldg.

Jiji Press ^ | 05/14/11

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2,000-Millisievert Radiation Detected in No. 1 Reactor Bldg.

Tokyo, May 14 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese nuclear safety agency said Saturday that the maximum radiation level of about 2,000 millisieverts per hour was detected in the No. 1 reactor's building of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power station.

The industry ministry's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency confirmed the level in its measurement conducted Friday afternoon by using a robot.

The health ministry exceptionally sets a limit on cumulative radiation doses for workers at the Tokyo Electric Power Co. <9501> plant at 250 millisieverts, against 100 millisieverts for workers at nuclear plants in usual operations.

On May 5, workers entered the No. 1 reactor building for the first time since a hydrogen explosion occurred there following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that crippled the plant.

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about 2,000 millisieverts per hour was detected in the No. 1

Sounds like a job for robots. And disposable ones at that. Half an hour and your showing symptoms. Three hours and death becomes a real possibility. Five hours and it is a certainty.

Symptoms of acute radiation (dose received within one day)
0 – 0.25 Sv (0 – 250 mSv): None
0.25 – 1 Sv (250 – 1000 mSv): Some people feel nausea and loss of appetite; bone marrow, lymph nodes, spleen damaged.
1 – 3 Sv (1000 – 3000 mSv): Mild to severe nausea, loss of appetite, infection; more severe bone marrow, lymph node, spleen damage; recovery probable, not assured.
3 – 6 Sv (3000 – 6000 mSv): Severe nausea, loss of appetite; hemorrhaging, infection, diarrhea, peeling of skin, sterility; death if untreated.
6 – 10 Sv (6000 – 10000 mSv): Above symptoms plus central nervous system impairment; death expected.
Above 10 Sv (10000 mSv): Incapacitation and death.

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disposable ones at that.

Some defense contractors on State side may expect extra rush order from Japan, while they meet constant demand from Mid-East war zone.

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Radioactive substance found in Japan’s sewage ash. The ash is recycled and made into other products.

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Wonder about the levels of radiation in #1.

May 5th: TEPCO workers enter the building, measure radiation and install filtering. Radiation is 10 - 1120 millisieverts.

May 14th: NISA ‘confirms’ 2000 milliseivert readings using robots. It’s the first time I’ve seen NISA singled out in this kind of report. Trying to calm the public by making it obvious that NISA is now confirming readings - not just TEPCO?

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Wonder about the levels of radiation in #1.

May 5th: TEPCO workers enter the building, measure radiation and install filtering. Radiation is 10 - 1120 millisieverts.

May 14th: NISA ‘confirms’ 2000 millisievert readings using robots. It’s the first time I’ve seen NISA singled out in this kind of report. Trying to calm the public by making it obvious that NISA is now confirming readings - not just TEPCO?