[RummyChick]

Here is the info reported last night.

Between #2 and #3 reactors - 30 millisieverts

#3 - 400 millisieverts

#4 - 100 millisieverts.

#3 has the MOX fuel.

#2 has the admitted defect in the containment vessel.

#4 has the spent rods in a pool where there was a fire.

[RummyChick]

Oh and let me add,,,there is a mysterious amount of info NOT being reported about Reactor #2. For example, they left out the readings around #2. Just the area between 2 and 3.

[ScubieNuc]

Nuclear power has many different nomiclatures for their measurements of radiation. For me, it’s easier to understand REM or radiation equivalent man.
1 millisievert =.1 REM.
Therefore 400 ms =40 Rem.

Here is the Rem dose guide line:

25-100 Rem...some sickness, not disabling
100-200 Rem...nausea, vomiting, 1% reduction in life expectancy
200-300 Rem....probable recovery in 3 months
300-600 Rem...Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea in first few hours. After a latent period of a week, loss of hair, malaise, fever, progressing to hemorrhage and emaciation in the third week. At about 500 rems, 50% die in 2 to 6 weeks.

> 600 Rem...Almost all those exposed die within weeks.

I wish the news or the industry was more clear on what these terms meant and didn’t use the ambiguous term “meltdown”. It just creates more confusion and panic.

[GonzoGOP]

#3 has the MOX fuel.

Thanks for the correction that the 400 milisevert spike was at #3 not #2. MOX fuel is nasty stuff to clean up due to the high plutonium content. This mess is going to take years to clean up and is going to be mind blowing expensive. If they are careful it won't cost any lives. But the precautions that avoid the loss of life are also going to add to the cleanup costs.