Microsievert

Word MICROSIEVERT
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The word "microsievert" in example sentences

A microsievert is a dose of radiation, but what danger - if any - does it pose? ❋ Unknown (2011)

A microsievert a minute is equivalent to a chest X-Ray every two hours -- a very big deal indeed. ❋ Carl Pope (2011)

The highest dose of 0.1 microsievert was found in a single individual, the NISA spokesman said. ❋ Yuka Hayashi (2011)

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government said on its website Tuesday that radiation levels in downtown Tokyo stood at 0.105 microsievert an hour. ❋ Hiroyuki Kachi (2011)

The radiation level in downtown Tokyo stood at 0.094 microsievert an hour around 0900 GMT, down from 0.095 microsievert an hour 0900 GMT Friday, according to data posted on the Tokyo metropolitan government's website. ❋ Takashi Mochizuki (2011)

One expert said, intending to be reassuring, that the level being experienced in California was only "one microsievert", about 1/100th of the exposure from a chest X-ray. ❋ Carl Pope (2011)

The exposure level was 0.02 microsievert for 11% of the children, 0.03 microsievert for 4.7%, and 0.04 microsievert for 1.4%. ❋ Yuka Hayashi (2011)

A correction on Saturday incorrectly said that a microsievert is 1,000 millisieverts. ❋ Unknown (2011)

That is lower than 0.109 microsievert an hour on Monday, but higher than the 0.035 microsievert an hour a person typically would be exposed to in downtown Tokyo due to background radiation. ❋ Hiroyuki Kachi (2011)

Soon after the explosion, the radiation level outside the reactor became elevated to 1,015 microsievert—the equivalent of being exposed to the maximum allowable level for a full year in a single day. ❋ Yuka Hayashi (2011)

After Kashiwa officials covered the spot with a plastic sheet, radiation levels dropped to 0.3 microsievert per hour. ❋ Yuka Hayashi (2011)

Soon after the explosion, the radiation level outside the No. 1 reactor rose to 1,015 microsievert—the equivalent of being exposed to the maximum allowable level for a full year in a single day. ❋ Yuka Hayashi (2011)

One dosimeter at the site read in the range of zero to one microsievert per hour, the bottom end of its range, compared with a reading near the front gate of the Fukushima Daiichi complex a day earlier of nearly 100 microsieverts per hour. ❋ Daisuke Wakabayashi (2011)

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