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I can’t say I was expecting this.

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Anonymous

This is far from expected. What are safe levels compared to what readings you are getting?

Anonymous

The annual upper limit for radiation exposure to a member of the public is 1000µSv/year. Kyle is reading 9.86µSv/hr, so if someone was sitting right there where his dosimeter is for 100 hours they would receive a years worth of dose. Radiation works can receive up to 20,000µSv/year and this is still considered "safe". Ambient levels of background radiation here in Australia typically vary between 0.05µSv/hr to around 0.2µSv/hr so the readings that Kyle is getting are well in excess of what at least I would consider background. By comparison, a single chest x-ray exposes the patient to about 100µSv. This is about the same amount of radiation people are exposed to naturally over the course of about 10 days.

Anonymous

It's totally safe*. *Some exclusion (zones) apply.