Posted on 10/25/2011 3:07:57 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Radiation Detected in Used Vehicle for Exports near Tokyo
Kawasaki, Kanagawa Pref., Oct. 25 (Jiji Press)--Radiation levels of up to 58.86 microsieverts per hour have been detected in a used vehicle stored in a port facility here for exports, local authorities said Tuesday.
The vehicle was brought to the port facility in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, Monday after being auctioned in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo. The vehicle is now kept by its owner.
The vehicle measured between 6.034 and 58.86 microsieverts in radiation, Kawasaki city government officials said. The amount of radiation in the air around the vehicle was at 0.163 microsievert per hour.
The city government asks freight forwarders to report when 5 microsieverts or more in radiation per hour are detected in vehicles.
(2011/10/25-21:13)
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Look on the bright side, no need for dash lights,
and you can get it half life off.
Wow...that’s down by Yokohama. By (non-shinkansen) train that’s about...1.7 hrs or so from Kashiwa, the city in Chiba cited yesterday.
This thing is mobile, of course, so maybe it’s not the same.
Still...ya know....?
What crap! The average annual dosage of background radiation is 4,000 microseiverts. This schmuck wants us to worry about 6-50 microseiverts? Get a life!
That's way bigger than 4,000 microsieverts/year, don't you think?
You’re right. Those homeless people living in their cars are definitely at risk.
50 (micro sieverts/ hour) * 0.5 (hours) * 251 (days) = 6275 microsieverts for work commuting.
Add in more for non-work travel time.
60% of car drivers, on the other hand, need less
than 30 minutes to commute to work/school. Also commuters taking the
bus do not travel as long as train riders: for 70% of them it takes
less than an hour to commute one way. Almost 7% of people from the
countryside indicated to commute for over two hours per direction and
day. The same group makes up only 2% among people from cities.?
Japan Guide: October 2000
http://www.japan-guide.com/topic/0011.html
Japan has a 5 day work week and 10 legal holidays/mandatory leave days per year.
Inside your house ?
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