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Old 03-24-2011, 10:18 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by glatt View Post
I heard a bit of that on the radio. I think they said those workers got exposed to 150 mSv, which on this handy radiation chart is the equivalent of 3 years maximum permitted dosage for workers at a nuke plant and is more than enough to be clearly linked to an increased cancer risk.
Yeah. Their skin was burned and their bone marrow damaged, if I heard correctly.
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