Reading of environmental radioactivity level by prefecture 3.18.9AM3.19.9AM 2011.3.

2010:00 Prefecture 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 Hokkaido Aomori Iwate Miyagi Akita Yamagata Fukushima Ibaraki Fallout Not Detectable Not Detectable Not Detectable Not Detectable Not Detectable Not Yet Reached Not Detectable Not Detectable Not Detectable Not Detectable Not Detectable Not Yet Reached Not be measured because of the earthquake disaster damage Not be measured because of dealing with the earthquake disaster be delayed measuring because of the dealing with earthquake disaster Remarks MBq/km2

Tochigi 1,300 62 Gunma 230 84 Saitama 64 Not Detectable Chiba 21 Not Detectable Tokyo 51 Not Detectable Kanagawa 40 Not Detectable Niigata Not Detectable Not Detectable Toyama Not Detectable Not Detectable Ishikawa Not Detectable Not Detectable Fukui Not Detectable Not Detectable Yamanashi 175 Not Detectable Nagano Not Detectable Not Detectable Gifu Not Detectable Not Detectable Shizuoka Not Detectable Not Detectable Aichi Not Detectable Not Detectable Mie Not Detectable Not Detectable Shiga Not Detectable Not Detectable Kyoto Not Detectable Not Detectable Osaka Not Detectable Not Detectable Hyogo Not Detectable Not Detectable Nara Not Yet Reached Not Yet Reached Wakayama Not Detectable Not Detectable Tottori Not Detectable Not Detectable Shimane Not Detectable Not Detectable Okayama Not Detectable Not Detectable Hiroshima Not Detectable Not Detectable Yamaguchi Not Detectable Not Detectable Tokushima Not Detectable Not Detectable Kagawa Not Detectable Not Detectable Ehime Not Detectable Not Detectable Kochi Not Detectable Not Detectable Fukuoka Not Detectable Not Detectable Shiga Not Detectable Not Detectable Nagasaki Not Detectable Not Detectable Kumamoto Not Detectable Not Detectable Oita Not Detectable Not Detectable Miyazaki Not Detectable Not Detectable Kagoshima Not Detectable Not Detectable Okinawa Not Detectable Not Detectable *The table was made by MEXT, based on the reports from prefectures

On Setting up the equipment

Radiation in Daily-life
Radiation dose (microsievert:Sv
Upper limit of radiation dose permitted for people who engage in emergency work.

Unit : Sv

250,000 50,000
10,000Sv/year
Radiation dose in Guarapari(Brazil) per year.

250,000Sv/year
Upper limit of radiation dose permitted for radiation workers, police , and firefighters who engage in disaster prevention.

50,000Sv/year
Chest CT scan

10,000

6,900Sv/each time

2,400Sv/year

Space 0.39

ingestion 0.29

Global average

Earth 0.48

Radon absorbed in air 1.26

Natural radiation dose per year.

Gifu Kanagawa

1,000

Dose limit for public per year (except for medical care).

1,000Sv/year
gastrointestinal X-ray examination.

Maximum difference of the average of natural radiation dose in each prefecture.

400Sv/year
An air travel between Tokyo and New York (RT). (Increased cosmic radiation at high altitude.)

600Sv/each time

100

200Sv/round trip 22Sv/year

Evaluated dose of radiation from radioactive substance emitted from the nuclear fuel reprocessing plant per year.

50Sv/each time
Chest X-ray examination.

50Sv/year 10
Standard dose of radiation around a nuclear plant (light water reactor). (Actual result is far below the value.)

10Sv/year

Standard radiation dose from Clearance level.

(Ref) Average dose rate at the monitoring post of Tokyo (3/17 9:003/18 9:00, March) : 0.050Sv/h = 438Sv/y