Per: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sievert
1 Sv = 1000 mSv (millisieverts) = 1,000,000 μSv (microsieverts) = 100 rem = 100,000 mrem (millirem)
Per: CNN
[6:23 a.m. ET Friday, 7:23 p.m. Friday in Tokyo] For the second consecutive day, high radiation levels have been detected in an area 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) northwest of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, Japanese broadcaster NHK reports. The reading was 150 microsieverts per hour
That means:
10000 mSv / (0.15 mSV * 24 hours) = 2777.78 days
That is 7.6 years
Who cares about 7 more years to die as long as not 2 days |