![Radiation 101: What is it, how much is dangerous, and how does Fukushima compare to Chernobyl? - Pure Earth Radiation 101: What is it, how much is dangerous, and how does Fukushima compare to Chernobyl? - Pure Earth](https://www.pureearth.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Full-Image1-300x300.png)
Radiation 101: What is it, how much is dangerous, and how does Fukushima compare to Chernobyl? - Pure Earth
![A radiation monitor indicates 131.00 microsieverts per hour near the No.4 and No.3 buildings at the tsunami-crippled Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture February 28, A radiation monitor indicates 131.00 microsieverts per hour near the No.4 and No.3 buildings at the tsunami-crippled Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture February 28,](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2CXGPR4/a-radiation-monitor-indicates-13100-microsieverts-per-hour-near-the-no4-and-no3-buildings-at-the-tsunami-crippled-tokyo-electric-power-co-tepcos-fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-power-plant-in-fukushima-prefecture-february-28-2012-members-of-the-foreign-media-were-allowed-into-the-plant-on-tuesday-ahead-of-the-first-anniversary-of-the-march-11-2011-tsunami-and-earthquake-which-triggered-the-worlds-worst-nuclear-crisis-since-chernobyl-reuterskimimasa-mayamapool-japan-tags-disaster-environment-energy-2CXGPR4.jpg)
A radiation monitor indicates 131.00 microsieverts per hour near the No.4 and No.3 buildings at the tsunami-crippled Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture February 28,
![My dosimeter and I in front of the old sarcophagus. It reads 3.34 microsieverts per hour, which is less than on a flight at 12 km height (5 microsieverts per hour) : r/ChernobylTV My dosimeter and I in front of the old sarcophagus. It reads 3.34 microsieverts per hour, which is less than on a flight at 12 km height (5 microsieverts per hour) : r/ChernobylTV](https://i.redd.it/6rqwzkxsys331.jpg)