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Radiation has been measured at a rate of 400 mili sieverts near reactor 3. 100 mili sieverts is enough to make a male infertile.

Previous measurements were in micro sieverts.

Source: https://twitter.com/#!/timeouttokyo/status/47480888463859712



Just as an added data point, one of the earliest measurements released (just before or after the first explosion) was 1015 µSv.




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