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the peak dose at

English translation: in 7000 years' time

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English term or phrase:at 7000 years
Selected answer:in 7000 years' time
Entered by: LJC (X)

21:07 May 7, 2004
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Geology / radioactivity
English term or phrase: the peak dose at
the peak dose would be xx mSv/y at 7000 years - it means 'after 7000 years' or rather 'throughout 7000' years?
Jakub Szacki
Poland
Local time: 19:20
in 7000 years' time
Explanation:
When 7000 years have passed, 7000 years from now (or whenever the starting point is).
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LJC (X)
France
Local time: 19:20
Grading comment
Thanks! JS
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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LJC (X)


  

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in 7000 years' time


Explanation:
When 7000 years have passed, 7000 years from now (or whenever the starting point is).

LJC (X)
France
Local time: 19:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks! JS

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  DGK T-I: that's right - at a point in time, 7000 years ahead, the highest annual dose as in http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=cache:CteCLwaiA3kJ:europa.e... "mSv/y at""years""dose"&hl=en
6 mins
  -> Thanks Giuli, I think jszacki will find your reference extremely useful.
agree  hookmv
25 mins
  -> Thanks Veronica
agree  Hacene
33 mins
  -> Thanks Hacene
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
52 mins
  -> Thanks Vicky
agree  RHELLER: I think they are talking about the past here - asker should supply more detail
1 hr
agree  Monika@ProZ
3 hrs
agree  Craft.Content
6 hrs
agree  fcl
7 hrs
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
8 hrs
  -> Thanks all
agree  Jörgen Slet
12 hrs
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