Web site maps Fukushima radiation exposure | RenewablesBiz

Web site maps Fukushima radiation exposure | RenewablesBiz

Web site maps Fukushima radiation exposure

WASHINGTON, Sep 6, 2012 -- UPI

        

WASHINGTON, Sep 6, 2012 -- UPI

U.S. military and civilian exposure to radiation from the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster in Japan wasn't high enough to make them sick, the Pentagon said.

Scientists and doctors have compiled radiation dose estimates into a database -- called Operation Tomodachi Registry -- that eventually will list the 70,000 U.S. service personnel, civilians and family members on or near mainland Japan during the 60 days after the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, Stars and Stripes reported Wednesday.

The highest radiation dose estimates were on bases in Sendai, about 50 miles from the nuclear power plant, military officials said. where adults may have received doses of up to 0.12 rem of radiation to their bodies and 1.2 rem in their thyroids. Doses at other bases generally were lower than at Sendai.