Radiation Dose Converter — 5 Units, Free & Instant

Convert between Radiation Dose units. Choose from 5 different units including Sieverts, Millisieverts, Microsieverts.

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FromSieverts (Sv)
Sieverts (Sv)1
Millisieverts (mSv)0.001
Microsieverts (µSv)0.000001
Rems (rem)0.01
Millirems (mrem)0.00001

Sieverts and rems

Equivalent dose measures radiation’s biological effect. The world uses sieverts (usually mSv and µSv); the US nuclear industry still uses rem (100 rem = 1 Sv). Natural background is 2–3 mSv/year (200–300 mrem), a chest X-ray ~0.1 mSv, a chest CT ~7 mSv.

Keeping the scales straight

The µSv–mSv–Sv ladder trips people up in news reports: 1,000 µSv = 1 mSv, 1,000 mSv = 1 Sv. Acute radiation sickness starts around 1 Sv — a million times the daily background dose of roughly 6–8 µSv.