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To: sonofstrangelove

“the crew had reached their exposure limit: 100 milliroentgens, the amount a person receives annually from naturally occurring radiation from the sun and the soil. It was time to break off and head home...”

Guess they stayed indoors for the next 365 days.


4 posted on 08/08/2009 11:38:17 PM PDT by Cedar
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To: Cedar

A single x-ray exposure a patient is exposed to approximately 20 milliroentgens of radiation.


5 posted on 08/08/2009 11:54:59 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld ("I don't mind being called tough, because in this racket it's tough guys who lead the survivors.)
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