> And Radiation over a year does much less damage than all at once. With some obvious cutoffs on the upper end (that 1800 millisieverts/hour may very well be o

> And Radiation over a year does much less damage than all at once. With some obvious cutoffs on the upper end (that 1800 millisieverts/hour may very well be over), that does not seem to be entirely clear. It is a topic that has gotten some debate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_no-threshold_model http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_no-threshold_model