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| date = March 19, 2011 | | date = March 19, 2011 | ||
| title = Radiation | | title = Radiation | ||
| image = radiation.png | | image = radiation.png | ||
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− | + | [[Category:Charts]] | |
− | + | A larger version of this picture can be found here: [http://xkcd.com/radiation/ http://xkcd.com/radiation/]. | |
− | + | The original blog post "Radiation Chart" can be found here: [http://blog.xkcd.com/2011/03/19/radiation-chart/ http://blog.xkcd.com/2011/03/19/radiation-chart/] | |
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:1 blue square: Sleeping next to someone (0.05 μSv) | :1 blue square: Sleeping next to someone (0.05 μSv) | ||
:1.8 blue squares: Living within 50 miles of a nuclear power plant for a year (0.09 μSv) | :1.8 blue squares: Living within 50 miles of a nuclear power plant for a year (0.09 μSv) | ||
− | :2 blue squares: Eating one banana (0.1 | + | :2 blue squares: Eating one banana (0.1 μUsv) |
:6 blue squares: Living within 50 miles of a coal power plant for a year (0.3 μSv) | :6 blue squares: Living within 50 miles of a coal power plant for a year (0.3 μSv) | ||
:20 blue squares: Arm X-Ray (1 μSv) | :20 blue squares: Arm X-Ray (1 μSv) | ||
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:100 blue squares: Dental x-ray (5 μSv) | :100 blue squares: Dental x-ray (5 μSv) | ||
:200 blue squares: Background dose received by an average person over one normal day (10 μSv) | :200 blue squares: Background dose received by an average person over one normal day (10 μSv) | ||
− | :800 blue squares: Airplane flight from New York to LA ( | + | :800 blue squares: Airplane flight from New York to LA (400 μSv) |
:Note under blue section: Using a cell phone (0 μSv)-a cell phone's transmitter does not produce ionizing radiation* and does not cause cancer. | :Note under blue section: Using a cell phone (0 μSv)-a cell phone's transmitter does not produce ionizing radiation* and does not cause cancer. | ||
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:1 green square: Chest x-ray (20 μSv) | :1 green square: Chest x-ray (20 μSv) | ||
:1.5 green squares: EPA yearly release target for a nuclear power plant (30 μSv) | :1.5 green squares: EPA yearly release target for a nuclear power plant (30 μSv) | ||
− | :3 green squares: All the | + | :3 green squares: All the does in the blue chart combined (~60 μSv) |
− | :2 green squares: Extra dose to Tokyo in weeks following Fukushima accident (40 μSv | + | :2 green squares: Extra dose to Tokyo in weeks following Fukushima accident (40 μSv |
:3.5 green squares: Living in a stone, brick, or concrete building for a year (70 μSv) | :3.5 green squares: Living in a stone, brick, or concrete building for a year (70 μSv) | ||
:4 green squares: Average total dose from the Three Mile Island accident to someone living within 10 miles (80 μSv) | :4 green squares: Average total dose from the Three Mile Island accident to someone living within 10 miles (80 μSv) | ||
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:Sources: | :Sources: | ||
:http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/part020/ | :http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/cfr/part020/ | ||
− | : | + | :www.nema.ne.gov/technological/dose-limits.html |
:http://www.deq/idaho.gov/inl_oversight/radiation/dose_calculator.cfm | :http://www.deq/idaho.gov/inl_oversight/radiation/dose_calculator.cfm | ||
:http://www.deq/idaho.gov/inl_oversight/radiation/radiation_guide.cfm | :http://www.deq/idaho.gov/inl_oversight/radiation/radiation_guide.cfm | ||
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:Chart by Randal Munroe, with help from Ellen, Senior Reactor Operator at the Reed Research Reactor, who suggested the idea and provided a lot of the sources. I'm sure I've added in lots of mistakes; it's for general education only. If you're basing radiation safety procedures on an internet PNG image and things go wrong, you have no one to blame but yourself. | :Chart by Randal Munroe, with help from Ellen, Senior Reactor Operator at the Reed Research Reactor, who suggested the idea and provided a lot of the sources. I'm sure I've added in lots of mistakes; it's for general education only. If you're basing radiation safety procedures on an internet PNG image and things go wrong, you have no one to blame but yourself. | ||
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