Posted on 03/19/2011 11:21:36 AM PDT by Somethng2ThnkAbout
6 WORKERS EXPOSED TO EXCESSIVE RADIATION @ FUKUSHIMA PLANT TOKYO, March 19, Kyodo
Six workers at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have been exposed to radiation levels beyond the limit applied to an emergency operation, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Saturday, without elaborating on the work that they were engaged in.
They are continuing to work on different tasks because they have not shown any abnormal signs since being exposed to over 100 millisieverts of radiation, the utility said. The limit has been raised to 250 millisieverts for the ongoing crisis, the worst in Japan's history, by the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry.
The government's Fire and Disaster Management Agency said separately that readings of up to 27 millisieverts of radiation were detected as of noon on around 50 employees of the Tokyo Fire Department who were decontaminated after spraying water earlier in the day at the plant's highly dangerous No. 3 reactor.
They are continuing to work on different tasks...
God Bless them.
A typical radiation dose is 2-3 millisieverts PER YEAR.
Yes indeed. Such fortitude. Such sacrifice. Heroes.
What is a millisievert compared to a rad?
These people are the real heroes! Sacrificing their lives to save others.
Amen.
God be with them all. They are intervening knowing their chances of irreparable damage is high.
Oh you are such a fear monger!
/heavy sarc
Didn’t you know, no one is supposed to discuss the actual danger...it means you’re hysterical.
It is reasonable and sane to question governments, thank the founders for doing so. Only it seems they didn’t make the constitution strict enough given the fact that the thing governments do best is grow and centralize.
Even ours lies to us.
Hopefully they are quarantined so it doesn’t turn into a global pandemic.
I’ve heard from reliable sources at CNN and Fox News, that a heavily radiated person can be highly contagious, become very aggressive, and grow fangs. In essence, they become very right wing extremist and sometimes even become Christian. Might just be best to put them out of their misery, for the sake of the children.
Yes, unfortunately, we’re seeing the worst carp scenario.
God bless and be with them and their families
BUT GEDDA LOAD OF THIS..!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sELJPnwC8aI
Nooooothing 2 worry about, riiiiiight....?
Almost makes you think it cute, eh?
Good God...!
hehehehehe
Yep that’s me, insane, for thinking a government would lie about how bad the radiation is ‘spewing’ from 4 exploded reactors with saltwater being pushed into them...when it’s 10,000 times what’s allowable. And to say it would be in the food and water, made be certifiable, panicked they accused me of being. Well, except for it is in the food and water. Well, at least they are admitting to the Iodine..not the rest of it yet...
But the thing is, it’s not just one government or media lying about it....oops there I go again being insane.
LIARS, COMMIES, ANTI-NUKE FEAR MONGERS! THERE IS NOTHING WRONG AND EVERYTHING IS UNDER CONTROL!
Shepard Smith has gone into hiding. I wonder why. Maybe they are filing down his fangs. Just a thought....
WHY DO PEOPLE THINK THEY NEED TO POST IN CAPS? DO THEY THINK THAT THEY HAVE SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT TO SAY THAN OTHER POSTERS SO CAPS ARE NEEDED TO SHOW THE IMPORTANCE?
100 millirems used to be allowed per day in normal work conditions, with a max of 5,000 in a given year. But that was 15 years ago.
They got 10 years max in just days.
Under "normal" conditions, they got a careers worth of exposure in the last few days.
Whats even MORE IMPORTANT than radiation exposure, is having a whole body count.
Exposure just tells you what you HAVE BEEN exposed to in a period of time. A whole body count lets you know if radioactive contamination has been absorbed or inhaled into the body. This CONTINUES to irradiate the area. THIS can be NASTY
The plus side is, they can now walk into a room and turn the lights on, without turning on a light switch.
100 millisieverts is the lowest level of radiation exposure at which a statistically significant increase in the incidence of cancer is discernable.
Ten times that - 1,000 millisieverts - increases the incidence of cancer by five percent. Fifty times that - 5,000 millisieverts - has a 50% fatality rate over a period of one month.
So while 100 millisieverts is not exactly trivial, it's not like these guys are likely to die of it, or even get sick.
“Recommended limit for volunteers averting a major nuclear escalation - 500 mSv (according to the International commission on Radiological Protection)
Recommended limit for volunteers rescuing lives or preventing serious injuries - 1000 mSv (according to the International commission on Radiological Protection)
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Below is a list of signs and symptoms likely to occur when a human is exposed to acute radiation (within one day), in mSv:
0 to 250 mSv - no damage
250 to 1,000 mSv. Some individuals may lose their appetites, experience nausea, and have some damage to the spleen, bone marrow and lymph nodes.
1000 to 3000 mSv - nausea is mild to severe, no appetite, considerably higher susceptibility to infections. Injury to the following will be more severe - spleen, lymph node and bone marrow. The patient will most likely recover, but this is not guaranteed.
3,000 to 6,000 mSv - nausea much more severe, loss of appetite, serious risk of infections, diarrhea, skin peels, sterility. If left untreated the person will die. There will also be hemorrhaging.
6,000 to 10,000 mSv - Same symptoms as above. Central nervous system becomes severely damaged. The person is not expected to survive.
10,000+ mSv - Incapacitation. Death. Those who do survive higher radiation doses have a considerably higher risk of developing some cancers, such as lung cancer, thyroid cancer, breast cancer, leukemia, and cancer of several organs.”
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/219615.php
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