Sunday, May 26, 2013

Radaition Hazard

The International Commission of Radiological Protection recommends an annual dose of less 1 millisievert , but upto 100 millisievert per year sno significant risk of cancer. But a dose greater than 1 Seiverrt in a short time can cause radiological poisoning and possibly death within weeks.

In Japan, four scientists received 1.6 milliseivert of dosage , when an accident was caused during firing a proton beam at gold.

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