Radiation Dose Human Acceptable

Red Cross volunteers who had just returned from Fukushima scanned to ensure the presence 

or absence of exposure to nuclear radiation leaks from nuclear power plants.

Radiation not only come from nuclear, but also can come from our environment. Radiation originating from natural background is often called the cosmos. Apart from nature, radiation can also come from medical treatment such as CT scans, X-rays, and so forth.

Outside the background radiation, the International Atomic Energy Agency has made a provision of radiation dose limit that can be received in a year. According to the Head of Nuclear Energy Supervisory Agency (Bapeten) As Natio Lasman, radiation dose limits established by Indonesia even more stringent.

"Japan has a limit of 10 miliSievert radiation dose (mSv) per year, while in Indonesia set 1 mSv for the general public within a year. If for radiation workers, radiation dose of 20 mSv is set for 5 years, but must not exceed 50 mSv in a year, "said As Natio.

Based on it, if you're in Japan now, you can perform a mathematical calculation. He pointed out, radiation on March 15, 2011 in Miyagi, Japan, for example, 0.18 mSv. "So to achieve the recommended limits, Japan is still 2600 today," said As Natio.

Anyone who is in the environment with the risk of radiation exposure required to calculate the dose of radiation. If excessive radiation dose, complaints such as nausea, headache, diarrhea, and fever usually be felt. If very large, its impact is death