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And unlike the quote, I think that would actually be pretty surprising at that level. Getting lots of nasty from digging into your lungs is one thing, but what
by detaro 5y ago
And unlike the quote, I think that would actually be pretty surprising at that level. Getting lots of nasty from digging into your lungs is one thing, but what it causes are headlines in a few years about cancer rates, not Acute Radiation Sickness. For that, you need to find some seriously hot stuff.
- trhway 5y agoThe Russian forces there didn't have dosimeters. And the Red Forest is really where the stuff was falling right out of the reactor. I think even just undisturbed background level there is about several milli-R/hr. So, in a month you'd get several Roentgen. From some sources - the levels once disturbed would shoot to the scale of 100-200 milli-R/hr. That is 100-200 R/month. Those level do produce ARS with some deaths.