89.8 µS/hr @ 8:09 am
The number should be going down day-by-day, not up.
I attribute the crazy readings one or more of these factors:
- Experimental error. Stan doesn’t much care for the detector being shoved in his face. The readings change drastically depending on which part of his neck you reach.
- Calibration, or lack thereof.
- Secondary decay byproducts that are more radioactive. I will research that in a bit. (EDIT: Iodine 131 decays into Xenon 131, which is stable (not radioactive).)
I think I saw an even higher reading, but Stan is a long-haired cat and obscured the screen. The detector doesn’t keep a high-water mark in it’s history, just averages.
