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Level of radiation that would kill a person *quickly*
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| yared22311@yahoo.com 2006-08-11, 4:33 pm |
| I am looking for the level of radiation that would kill a person
*quickly*. Basically, how high of a dose of radiation would kill a
person within an hour?"
Is there specific numbers (or ranges)?
Not the qualitative descriptions, e.g. "high levels of radiation".
Thanks
Mike
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| Andrew Kerr 2006-08-11, 4:33 pm |
| yared22311@yahoo.com wrote:
> I am looking for the level of radiation that would kill a person
> *quickly*. Basically, how high of a dose of radiation would kill a
> person within an hour?"
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> Is there specific numbers (or ranges)?
> Not the qualitative descriptions, e.g. "high levels of radiation".
>
> Thanks
> Mike
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According to "riskworld.com" a lethal dose of ionizing radiation
delivered in one hour to an individual human is 3000 to 5000 mSv.
(http://www.riskworld.com/nreports/1...ki/NR99aa01.htm)
I have not read the entire article, nor do I make any claim to the
accuracy of the information in it, I simply googled "radiation levels
kill one hour" and that's what I found. Google is your friend.
Andrew
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