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Ok, so debris kicking out 1 Sievert of radiation, sitting on the ground... trying to guess what it would be.

@Panserbjorne9 It could be a tiny chip of a fuel pellet stuck to a piece of concrete or such.

If it's technically possible for the rods from the sfp of 3 to have ruptured during their ejection as a result of the boom, then uranium pellets scattered around the area seems feasible. They have to be SOMEWHERE.

Hi again all! How about the plutonium in 3?

Exposure from x-rays or gamma rays is measured in units of roentgens. For example:

* Total body exposure of 100 roentgens (or 1 Gy) causes radiation sickness.
* Total body exposure of 400 roentgens (or 4 Gy) causes radiation sickness and death in half the individuals. Without medical treatment, nearly everyone who receives more than this amount of radiation will die within 30 days.
* 100,000 rads causes almost immediate unconsciousness and death within an hour

There needs to be a Hello Kitty radiation chart. :-)

@Nancy, use the text only (copy paste with ref) it explains in detail the symptoms at a given dose

Good stuff from the CDC here...

The three classic ARS Syndromes are:
•Bone marrow syndrome (sometimes referred to as hematopoietic syndrome) the full syndrome will usually occur with a dose between 0.7 and 10 Gy (70 – 1000 rads) though mild symptoms may occur as low as 0.3 Gy or 30 rads4.
The survival rate of patients with this syndrome decreases with increasing dose. The primary cause of death is the destruction of the bone marrow, resulting in infection and hemorrhage.

•Gastrointestinal (GI) syndrome: the full syndrome will usually occur with a dose greater than approximately 10 Gy (1000 rads) although some symptoms may occur as low as 6 Gy or 600 rads.
Survival is extremely unlikely with this syndrome. Destructive and irreparable changes in the GI tract and bone marrow usually cause infection, dehydration, and electrolyte imbalance. Death usually occurs within 2 weeks.

•Cardiovascular (CV)/ Central Nervous System (CNS) syndrome: the full syndrome will usually occur with a dose greater than approximately 50 Gy (5000 rads) although some symptoms may occur as low as 20 Gy or 2000 rads.
Death occurs within 3 days. Death likely is due to collapse of the circulatory system as well as increased pressure in the confining cranial vault as the result of increased fluid content caused by edema, vasculitis, and meningitis.

The four stages of ARS are:

•Prodromal stage (N-V-D stage): The classic symptoms for this stage are nausea, vomiting, as well as anorexia and possibly diarrhea (depending on dose), which occur from minutes to days following exposure. The symptoms may last (episodically) for minutes up to several days.

•Latent stage: In this stage, the patient looks and feels generally healthy for a few hours or even up to a few weeks.

•Manifest illness stage: In this stage the symptoms depend on the specific syndrome (see Table 1) and last from hours up to several months.

•Recovery or death: Most patients who do not recover will die within several months of exposure. The recovery process lasts from several weeks up to two years.
These stages are described in further detail in Table 1...

emergency.cdc.gov

Whats wrong with something simple
: 100 rem = bad, 500 rem = very bad and sick, 1000 rem = sick then goodbye

If I couldn't see the lights barely shining through the fog/clouds I would swear someone put a lens cap on the camera :(