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Google Maps (Japan) + "Real-time" Radioactivity Readings (radioactivity.suminb.com)
5 points by kluikens 5554 days ago
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I wish this chart did a little more to explain the meaning of the units. A big red dot corresponding to 559 nano-greys / hour (the highest reading when I viewed the chart) probably doesn't mean anything to most people.

That rate is about 2.33 x the world average background radiation level (ignoring quality factors and assuming 1 GY = 1 SV) and listing that alongside the raw units would be helpful.

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Background_radiation