Dear Gene and Jim, have only heard millisieverts here in all of the Australian media: newspapers, radios, and TV. I have not heard or seen rems at all.
Which is correct SI use? Cheers, Pat Naughtin Geelong, Australia On 2011/03/16, at 04:28 , <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: > Pierre, > I heard rems on CNN, but no sieverts. > I also heard Anderson Cooper repeatedly speak *nothing but kilometers* for > distances on CNN, suggesting deliberate emphasis on metric distances. > Now if Anderson could only learn to pronounce km correctly, prefix name > (kilo) followed by unit name (meter), with out the "lom" slurs. > Gene. > > ---- Original message ---- >> Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:26:11 -0400 >> From: Pierre Abbat <[email protected]> >> Subject: [USMA:50021] millisieverts >> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> >> >> I heard someone mention the figure 400 mSv/h on NPR in connection with the >> nuclear reactor in Japan. Did anyone else give it in rems? Have you heard >> other radiation units in reporting on the event? >> >> Pierre > ... > Pat Naughtin LCAMS Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, see http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html Hear Pat speak at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lshRAPvPZY PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, Geelong, Australia Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com for more metrication information, contact Pat at [email protected] or to get the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe.
