Radiation at Reactor No. 1 skyrockets — Now over 200 Sieverts per hour

Published: May 23rd, 2011 at 2:35 pm ET
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UPDATE: Japan switches measurements: Reactor No. 1 drywell, not suppression chamber, now at 192 Sieverts per hour


Radiation dose, Unit 1 nuclear power plant Hukushima, atmc.jp, May 23, 2011:

[Above link currently down, see Google cache here]

Suppression Chamber

5/23 @ 201 Sv/hr
5/22 @ 196 Sv/hr
5/21 @ 36.2 Sv/hr
5/20 @ 46.5 Sv/hr
5/19 @ 36.3 Sv/hr
5/18 @ 45.4 Sv/hr

h/t Anomalous Howard

Published: May 23rd, 2011 at 2:35 pm ET
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