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Examples
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A scanned person receives about the same amount of radiation as a person flying for two minutes at an altitude of 30,000 feet, or less than 10 microrem (0.1 microsieverts) per scan.
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We used to think it was confined to Bordeaux but we’re finding other colors, one that was emitting in one spot 1030 uR/hr. (microrem) or 1.03 mR/hr. (millirem per hour), the whole slab averaged about 200 uR/hr.
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