Recent content by james14

I realize this is speculation on my part, but all of these latest statements including the one about 10,000 TBq per hour for a number of hours really seems to point to them knowing quite a bit more than they are letting on.

I do wonder if this is actually true, of it's more a case of one news provider copying another

Thanks for that, its a distinction that I didn't understand at all. I assume there is at least some connection? IE an increase in the level of radioactivity (becquerels) would normally result in a higher dose of radiation (sieverts)? And if so, is it possible to estimate one from another...

We have heard many times that the radiation coming from the standing water is > 1000 mSv / hr. So we don't know the actual levels, just that it's greater than the 1000. I believe some here have estimated this value to be wildly lower than the actual. Lately there have been reports of this...