Nuclear Radiation Dose Survival and Exposure Converter Calculator


Nuclear Radiation Dose : Per

Original Input Dosage1 mSv/hour
Time Equivalent
1 mSv/hour24 mSv/day8765.808 mSv/year
1000 uSv/hour24000 uSv/day8765808 uSv/year
1 mSv/hour24 mSv/day8765.808 mSv/year
Unit Equivalent
1000 uSv1 mSv0.001 Sv/Gy(est)100 mrem0.1 rem
Multiple of Low Level Background Radiation (2.0mSv/year)
4383.6 times
Multiple of High Level Background Radiation (6.2mSv/year)
1402.6 times
Multiple of Maximum Permissible Dose (50mSv/year)
175.3 times
Multiple of Medical X-Ray/Scan
0.1 times Chest X-Ray@0.1mSv0.1 times CT Scan@7mSv
Equivalent to Average Lifetime Dose (500mSv)
20.83 days
Fallout Dissipation Rate
1hr = 1mSv2hr = 0.5mSv4hr = 0.2mSv8hr = 0.083333mSv12hr = 0.05mSv
24hr = 0.02mSv48hr = 0.01mSv72hr = 0.005mSv1week = 0.002mSv2weeks = 0.001mSv
Survival Time until Mild Sickness - <5% Death Rate (1000mSv)
41.7 days
Survival Time until Moderate Sickness - 5 to 50% Death Rate (3000mSv)
125 days
Survival Time until Serious Sickness - 50 to 100% Death Rate (6000mSv)
250 days
Survival Time until Severe Sickness - 99 to 100% Death Rate (8000mSv)
333.3 days

Personal Radiation Dose Calculator / mrem / year

Altitude Above Sea Level (Cosmic)  
Ground Based Radiation (Terrestrial)  
Living Enviroment (Construct)  
Flight Time in Hours per Year  
Food/Water (Carbon-14, Potassium-40)  
Air (Radon)  
Within 50 Miles of Power Plant  
Dental Accessories  
Using a CRT/Tube TV or Monitor  
Smoking  
Chest/Skull X-Rays  
Mammogram X-Rays  
Cervical Spine X-Rays  
Lumber Spine, Upper GI, Abdomen, Barium Enema X-Rays  
Dental X-Rays  
CT Scans  
Result = mrem/yearA typical person should expect to receive about 360mrem/year of radiation.

Conversions for Effective Dose, Equivalent Dose, Dose Equivalent, and Ambient Dose Equivalent

0.001 rem = 1 mrem = 0.01 mSv
0.01 rem = 10 mrem = 0.1 mSv
0.1 rem = 100 mrem = 1 mSv = 0.001 Sv
1 rem = 1000 mrem = 10 mSv = 0.01 Sv
10 rem = 100 mSv = 0.1 Sv
100 rem = 1000 mSv = 1 Sv (Sievert)
1000 rem = 10 Sv

Conversions for Absorbed Dose (Absorbed Radiation Dose Conversions to non RAD are estimated)

1 R = 1 rad = 1 rem = 0.01 Sv = 10 mSv = 10 mGy = 0.01 Gy (gray)
0.001 rad = 1 mrad = 0.01 mGy
0.01 rad = 10 mrad = 0.1 mGy
0.1 rad = 100 mrad = 1 mGy = 0.001 Gy
1 rad = 1000 mrad = 10 mGy = 0.01 Gy
10 rad = 100 mGy = 0.1 Gy
100 rad = 1000 mGy = 1 Gy (Gray)
1000 rad = 10 Gy