Risks of flying

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2011-04-14 22:20

Has anyone come across any information? I know this question has been posed before but at the time I don't think much came back. I'm considering taking my 2 year old to NY to be with family right now but don't want to expose her to extra "special" radiation at 30,000 feet on top of the regular elevated rad. Is it impossible to calibrate as it's simply a function of unpredictable plumes and what a plane might fly through? Any feedback or links would be appreciated.

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A flight from SF to NY would

Submitted by dchivers on Sat, 2011-04-16 20:25.

A flight from SF to NY would incur an effective whole body dose of ~3 mrem in normal conditions. The Fukushima fallout particles would be an immeasurable fraction of this amount.

i guess the question is

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 2011-04-17 07:01.

i guess the question is whether there will be more radioactive particles in the cabin compared to ground level

But if you breath the

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 2011-04-16 20:45.

But if you breath the particles, it enters your body and will keep giving you radiation. Am I correct?

Susan

The ingestion, biological

Submitted by dchivers on Sun, 2011-04-17 09:18.

The ingestion, biological half-life, and the isotopic half-lives have been taken into account in our exposure calculations. Yes, the exposure length is different but even if these nuclides are incorporated into the body, the effective dose is still extremely small relative to the effective dose of the flight itself.

What kind of risk is to fly

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 2011-04-17 10:42.

What kind of risk is to fly from bay area to Shanghai, China?

For a newborn would the

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 2011-04-17 10:05.

For a newborn would the figure of 3 mrem need to be multiplied by 10 or is it only the small amount of possible ingested particles that would matter?
Many thanks.

Instead of flying, I'm

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 2011-04-14 23:55.

Instead of flying, I'm considering to take a train (Amtrak) to the east. Not sure if it will be better though.

The train does use air conditioning. I called Amtrak, and was told I can turn the room air conditioning off if I booked a room.

That is the only solution I can find, just for peace of mind.

any insight on this flying

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 2011-04-16 18:49.

any insight on this flying issue would be much appreciated!!

You will be OK if you keep

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 2011-04-17 13:17.

You will be OK if you keep your gas mask on.