Don't Panic

As yesterday, the radiation leak is not as bad as the media said. In Tokyo, there is about 0.045μSv/hour, which is 0.000045mSv/hour, Saitama prefecture is 0.058μSv/hour and Chiba prefecture is 0.033μSv/hour (today). Even those you are living in Fukushima (20km away from the plant), there is only about 10.80μSv/hour or 0.0108msv/hour. You have to expose for a total of 26 days to equal to one CT scan.

Supplies are back on shelves. Thought rice, dairy products, noodles, candles, flashlight, and batteries are still storage because of months long planned power outage. Yesterday we had our first candle/ flashlight dinner in Japan and 3 hours water-less lives. However, lives are back to normal. I will back to work on next Tuesday and I even have my dentist appointment on the following Wednesday. There is no more radiation crisis on TV all except news. People. Don’t panic! The world is not yet end.

How radiation harm our body (mSv)

Damage of central nervous system and death >10000

Internal bleeding and death 7000-10000

50% death 3000-6000

Unfertilized 4000

Hair lose 3000

Radiation sickness point >2000

Nausea and vomiting 1000

Reduction of white blood cells 500

No harm for human <200

Change in blood chemistry 50-100

Brazil 10.0

CAT scan 6.9

World average year expose 2.4

Stomach x-way 0.6

Roundtrip travel between Tokyo and New York 0.2
Chest x-way 0.05

Living near a power plant year expose 0.05/year

Converstion

1 millisievert (mSv) = 1000 microsievert (μSv)

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1 microsievert = 0.001 millisievert

1 millisievert = 0.10000 rem