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Tue Mar-15-11 10:55 AM
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Graphic: How much radiation is being released by Japan’s runaway reactors? |
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Tue Mar-15-11 10:57 AM
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1. Why do airline workers get 9 smv from flying over NP? |
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Are there sources in the plane? Are they less protected from solar radiation?
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Tue Mar-15-11 11:00 AM
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2. Being above most of the atmosphere reduces their shielding from... |
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...cosmic rays and the solar wind.
Flying in the polar regions puts them in a place where more of the high energy charged particles are "coming down" owing to the Earth's magnetic field. The same phenomenon causes the polar auroras
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Tue Mar-15-11 05:38 PM
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Tue Mar-15-11 05:40 PM
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4. You should see the numbers for flying an orbital mission. |
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No protection from atmosphere whatsoever.
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