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Of the most recent tests, the highest dose of internal radiation was calculated at 10 to 20 millirem during the next 50 years from particles within their bodies.
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Annette Cary, The Seattle Times, 24 Mar. 2018
After the June contamination spread, the highest dose calculated for a worker was 10 millirem over 50 years.
—Annette Cary, The Seattle Times, 24 Mar. 2018
In comparison, during a flight aboard a commercial airliner from New York City to Los Angeles, you’ll be exposed to 2 millirems.
—Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian, 6 Oct. 2017
Nine workers were tested and found to have inhaled doses of less than 100 millirem of americium-241, according to a DOE enforcement letter of August 2016.
—Patrick Malone and Peter Cary, idahostatesman, 10 Aug. 2017
The scanner peers inside the human body by sweeping a person with a .3 millirem X-ray.
—Erik Baard, WIRED, 13 Nov. 2001
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Annette Cary, The Seattle Times, 24 Mar. 2018
After the June contamination spread, the highest dose calculated for a worker was 10 millirem over 50 years.
—Annette Cary, The Seattle Times, 24 Mar. 2018
In comparison, during a flight aboard a commercial airliner from New York City to Los Angeles, you’ll be exposed to 2 millirems.
—Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian, 6 Oct. 2017
Nine workers were tested and found to have inhaled doses of less than 100 millirem of americium-241, according to a DOE enforcement letter of August 2016.
—Patrick Malone and Peter Cary, idahostatesman, 10 Aug. 2017
The scanner peers inside the human body by sweeping a person with a .3 millirem X-ray.
—Erik Baard, WIRED, 13 Nov. 2001
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“Millirem.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/millirem. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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millirem
noun
mil·li·rem
ˈmil-ə-ˌrem 
: one thousandth of a rem
—abbreviation mrem
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