This statistic details the intensity of radiation inflicted on people in their everyday lives as well as under exceptional circumstances. A person who undergoes a computerised full-body scan is exposed to about 10 mSv.
Intensity of selected radioactive radiations on humans in everyday life and special situations
(in millisievert)
Characteristic
Radiation level in millisievert
Lethal dose
7,000
Radiation at the reactor in Chernobyl
6,000
Mortality rate of 50 percent
4,000
Dose per hour at the power plant in Fukushima, Tuesday 15 March
400
Dose that induces acute radiation sickness
250
Annual dose, which can cause cancer at one percent crude irradiated
100
Dose from a whole-body computed tomography
10
Average annual dose according to the UN
2.4
Average annual dose according to BfS
2.1
Dose x-ray of the spine
1.2
First officially measured value at reaktor in Fukushima, Friday 11 March
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Spiegel. (March 15, 2011). Intensity of selected radioactive radiations on humans in everyday life and special situations (in millisievert) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/272146/intensity-of-radioactive-radiation-on-humans/
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Spiegel. (2011). Intensity of selected radioactive radiations on humans in everyday life and special situations (in millisievert). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/272146/intensity-of-radioactive-radiation-on-humans/
Spiegel. "Intensity of Selected Radioactive Radiations on Humans in Everyday Life and Special Situations (in Millisievert)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Mar 2011, https://www.statista.com/statistics/272146/intensity-of-radioactive-radiation-on-humans/
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