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NASA’s own calculations show that longer missions to Mars could take astronauts above 1 sievert of radiation exposure, which is above the agency’s acceptable limit for lifetime exposure.
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Georgina Torbet, The Verge, 16 Aug. 2024
The sievert, by comparison, is the unit that quantifies the biological effect that a dose of radiation has on the body.
—Monique Brouillette, Popular Mechanics, 28 Aug. 2023
The sievert is a unit that measures the amount of radiation absorbed by a person—while accounting for the type of radiation and its impact on particular organs and tissues in the body—and is equivalent to one joule of energy per kilogram of mass.
—Ramin Skibba, Scientific American, 14 July 2021
One millisievert—a thousandth of a sievert—will have no effect; a chest CAT scan, for example, delivers a dose of seven millisieverts.
—Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2019
The unit of measurement for the impact of ionizing radiation on a person’s health is called a sievert.
—Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2019
One million microsieverts is equal to 1 sievert, the unit used to measure radiation and quantify the amount absorbed by the body.
—Eric Cheung and Yoko Wakatsuki, CNN, 5 Dec. 2019
Exposure to 10 sieverts will lead to person’s death within weeks, reports McCurry.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 6 Feb. 2017
The previous high in the reactor was 73 sieverts recorded in 2012, reports The Japan Times.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 6 Feb. 2017
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Georgina Torbet, The Verge, 16 Aug. 2024
The sievert, by comparison, is the unit that quantifies the biological effect that a dose of radiation has on the body.
—Monique Brouillette, Popular Mechanics, 28 Aug. 2023
The sievert is a unit that measures the amount of radiation absorbed by a person—while accounting for the type of radiation and its impact on particular organs and tissues in the body—and is equivalent to one joule of energy per kilogram of mass.
—Ramin Skibba, Scientific American, 14 July 2021
One millisievert—a thousandth of a sievert—will have no effect; a chest CAT scan, for example, delivers a dose of seven millisieverts.
—Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2019
The unit of measurement for the impact of ionizing radiation on a person’s health is called a sievert.
—Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2019
One million microsieverts is equal to 1 sievert, the unit used to measure radiation and quantify the amount absorbed by the body.
—Eric Cheung and Yoko Wakatsuki, CNN, 5 Dec. 2019
Exposure to 10 sieverts will lead to person’s death within weeks, reports McCurry.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 6 Feb. 2017
The previous high in the reactor was 73 sieverts recorded in 2012, reports The Japan Times.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 6 Feb. 2017
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“Sievert.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sievert. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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sievert
noun
sie·vert
ˈsē-vərt 
: an SI unit for the dosage of ionizing radiation equal to 100 rems
—abbreviation Sv
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