Given that an approximate dose for a chest x-ray is 50 uSv, then with average readings of 7 uSv/hr, that’s like getting a chest x-ray every 8 hours! That can’t be healthy.

Very cool. You might want to re-visit your average column calculation, they appear to be shifted up one row as the first one has 0 CPM when it should be 20. You’re off to a great start – good effort!

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Thanks for the update. I am an avid documentary follower on Chernobyl. You don’t hear much about it these days, but few people realize that Sr-90 and Cs-137 have approx 30 year half-lives and there is still much danger in the “exclusion zone”.

I have been trying to follow the progress of the new arch that is going to go over the old and decaying sarcophagus, but you don’t hear much about that. You can see the construction efforts of it on Google Earth, but I can’t seem to find out just how close the project is to completion.

What solution there is for Fukushima remains to be seen.

Hi, I’m Dave B from Aurora, Illinois, USA. I currently run unit 1100008E. I am really excited to be part of this very worthwhile project.

I work as a Computer Engineer. Although I work mostly with software, I also enjoy Electronics such as PIC programming to understand the “hardware” side of things. I also enjoy building circuits, so this project was of particular interest. I ordered the programmer just in case I need to flash the firmware 🙂 I’m also into Ham Radio too.

I also am an avid follower of all nuclear events via documentaries. I live near Ottawa Illinois which, in the past, housed a factory that painted dials with Radium Paint. Besides killing many of the women that painted the dials, the town was littered with contamination when the factory was demolished. There’s a video called “Radium City” which is very informative. It’s difficult to tell just how many of these “hot spots” are out there 🙁

My compliments to Radu on his efforts. This is a great project!

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