Millisieverts

Radiation from medical tests is generally measured in units called millisieverts, or mSv. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The human radiation absorption rate is measured in units called millisieverts. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Matsuda said the workers were exposed to radiation levels of up to 180 millisieverts, which is less than the maximum amount of 250 millisieverts that the government is allowing for workers at the plant. ❋ Unknown (2011)

According to Fumio Matsuda, a spokesman for the nuclear safety agency, the workers were exposed to radiation levels of up to 180 millisieverts, which is shy of the maximum 250 millisieverts that the government is allowing for workers. ❋ Unknown (2011)

That all adds up to about 2.4 units, known as millisieverts, a year. ❋ The Huffington Post News Editors (2011)

Matsuda says the workers were exposed to radiation levels of up to 180 millisieverts, which is less than the maximum amount of 250 millisieverts that the government is allowing for workers at the plant. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The power company said Monday that water found in a utility trench outside the number two reactor building was emitting radiation at a rate of more than 1,000 millisieverts per hour. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The levels monitored at the plant as of early Tuesday morning ranged between 30 to 400 millisieverts per hour. ❋ Yuka Hayashi (2011)

The hourly reading in the Setagaya hotspot, located close to a nursery school, was equivalent to 17.6 millisieverts mSv a year, according to science ministry calculations, just below the 20mSv a year required to trigger an evacuation and more than 17 times the internationally recommended level for the general public. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In Japan, prior to the disaster, the average exposure was 1.5 millisieverts, according to the Japanese government. ❋ Yumiko Ono (2011)

Measurements show the air right above it contained 1,000 millisieverts of radioactivity. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Exposure to 500 millisieverts over a short period of time can increase the long-term risk of cancer. ❋ Unknown (2011)

There are three sites showing doses of approximately 3.6 millisieverts per day between 12 and 19 miles northwest of the site, but it is unclear whether this is from the power plant or a large strip mine close to the monitors. ❋ Unknown (2011)