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Radiation Levels on the Moon Are Alarmingly High

2 pointsby cracker_jacksover 4 years ago

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raxxorraxover 4 years ago
&gt; 1,369 microsieverts per day.<p>That would be equivalent to eating ~13,690 bananas. It is not an accumulative dose though, so you would have to stuff them a bit.<p>Radiation workers in the US are allowed to get 50,000µSv per year, so it certainly is a relevant exposure. But if they only stay two weeks, it would still be just about one chest X-ray.<p>Would be more concerned about these &quot;large solar particle events&quot;.<p>source:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;upload.wikimedia.org&#x2F;wikipedia&#x2F;commons&#x2F;9&#x2F;9f&#x2F;Exposure_chart-XKCD.svg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;upload.wikimedia.org&#x2F;wikipedia&#x2F;commons&#x2F;9&#x2F;9f&#x2F;Exposure...</a>