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Nuclear power. http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/explained-radioactivity-0328.html. Conversion Equivalence. Normal radiation levels are the following The worldwide average background dose for a human being is about 2.4 ( millisieverts ) mSv per year. SI multiples and conversions - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Nuclear power

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1 curie = 3.7 x 1010

disintegrations per second1 becquerel = 1 disintegration per second

1 millicurie (mCi) = 37 megabecquerels (MBq)

1 rad = 0.01 gray (Gy)

1 rem = 0.01 sievert (Sv)

1 roentgen (R) = 0.000258 coulomb/kilogram (C/kg)

1 megabecquerel (MBq) = 0.027 millicuries (mCi)

1 gray (Gy) = 100 rad

1 sievert (Sv) = 100 rem

1 coulomb/kilogram (C/kg) = 3,880 roentgens

Conversion Equivalence

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/explained-radioactivity-0328.html

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Normal radiation levels are the following

The worldwide average background dose for a human being is about 2.4 (millisieverts) mSv per year

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SI multiples and conversionsFrequently used SI multiples are the millisievert (1 mSv = 10−3 Sv = 0.001 Sv) and microsievert (1 μSv = 10−6 Sv = 0.000001 Sv).Equivalent dose is measured in the United States in rem[3]:1 rem = 0.01 Sv = 10 mSv1 mrem = 0.00001 Sv = 0.01 mSv = 10 μSv1 Sv = 100 rem = 100,000 mrem (or millirem)1 mSv = 100 mrem = 0.1 rem1 μSv = 0.1 mremThe rem and millirem (abbreviated mrem), as with other customary units in the United States, are in wider use among the general public, many industries, and government.[3] However, SI units such as the sievert are frequently encountered in academic, scientific, and engineering environments.[edit] Dose examples

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Symptom benchmarksSymptoms of acute radiation (dose received within one day):[20]

0 – 0.25 Sv (0 – 250 mSv): None0.25 – 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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Hourly dose examplesAverage individual background radiation dose: 0.23μSv/h (0.00023mSv/h); 0.17μSv/h for Australians, 0.34μSv/h for Americans[10][5][11]

Highest reported level during Fukushima accident: 1000 mSv/h reported as the level at a pool of water in the turbine room of reactor two.[12][13][14]

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NUCLEAR POWER

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Bacteria electricity

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Chain reactionhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmbzJGf90Xchttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxzPN-vdP_0

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http://www.lenntech.com/health-effects-radiation.htm

Curie health effects