Update: March 20, March 19, March 18, March 17
As of Japan's early evening of March 16, the status of Japan's severely damaged nuclear reactors and used fuel storage areas can be determined from below: (click on image to enlarge, source here)
Although the situation is still bad, it would seem officials are making progress to get the nuclear crisis under control. The purple arrow on the above chart indicates the radiation levels at the nuclear plant site's border - that level reached a peak recording of 193.7 mrem level (1937 μSv/h), which is equivalent to about a half or slightly more than half of a year's exposure of natural background radiation.
The peak level of Tokyo radiation was reached on March 15 at 0.162 mrem/hour rate (1.62 μSv/h), which is significantly less radiation than eating one banana per day for a full year (36 μSv). As of evening of March 16, the level had fallen to 0.015 mrem/hour (0.15 μSv/h) rate.
Go here for Tokyo radiation updates.
Yesterday, the site's used nuclear fuel storage facilities became a problem. Due to physical damage and/or lack of cooling capability, there were fires reported near/within these facilities. For an expert explanation of this part of the crisis, go here to read.
If you are finding the MSM hysterics as less than helpful, below are links with raw sources of data and information. These sites will help eliminate the MSM calamity generated fog-of-confusion and bureaucrat bimbo nonsense.
For the most update information and facts regarding the crisis, they can be found here, here and here.
For an excellent daily summary and analysis, this site is proving to be one of the best.
Below is a chart from the US Center for Disease Control with examples of radiation exposure. (click to enlarge, source here)
Below is conversion chart for radiation measurement metrics. (click on image to enlarge, source here)
Thus, if we did the calculations correctly per the above conversion table, at the plant site's border these peak readings of radiation were experienced:
- 1,937 microsieverts (uSv) = 193.7 millirems (mrem) = 0.1937 rems = 1.937 millisieverts (mSv)
For Tokyo, the peak readings so far were:
- 1.62 microsieverts (uSv) = 0.162 millirems (mrem) = 0.000162 rems = 0.00162 millisieverts (mSv)