Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 v7 ucbtopaz-1.5; site ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ucbvax!ucbtopaz!bitmap From: bitmap@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: radiation chart Message-ID: <402@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA> Date: Wed, 29-Feb-84 02:07:08 EST Article-I.D.: ucbtopaz.402 Posted: Wed Feb 29 02:07:08 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Feb-84 03:56:58 EST Organization: Univ. of Calif., Berkeley CA USA Lines: 53 From March, 1984 Science Digest (without permission) ESTIMATE YOUR ANNUAL EXPOSURE TO RADIATION Annual Dose (mrem) ------------------------------------------------------------------- *Where You Live* Location: Cosmic radiation at sea level.......................26 For your elevation (in feet)--add this number of mrem 1000-2 4000-15 7000-40 2000-5 5000-21 8000-53 3000-9 6000-29 9000-70.................................__ From the ground (dirt): U.S. average..........................26 ------------------------------------------------------------------- *What You Eat, Drink, and Breathe* Food Water U.S. average...................................24 Air Weapons-test fallout...........................................4 ------------------------------------------------------------------- *How You Live* X-ray and radiopharmaceutical diagnosis Number of chest X-rays___x10................................__ Number of lower gastrointestinal tract X-rays____x500.......__ Number of radiopharmaceutical exams___x300..................__ (average dose to U.S. population = 92 mrem) Jet plane travel: for each 2500 miles add 1 mrem..............__ TV viewing: For each hour per day___x0.15.....................__ ------------------------------------------------------------------- *How Close Do You Live to a Nuclear Plant* At site boundary: ave. number of hours per day___x0.2.........__ One mile away: ave. number of hours per day___x0.02...........__ Five miles away: ave. number of hours per day___x0.002........__ Over 5 miles away.......................None.......... ------------------------------------------------------------------- My annual dose in mrem= ___ Compare your annual dose to the U.S. annual average of 180 mrems