How Much Roentgen Is Dangerous
Without Medical Treatment, Nearly Everyone Who Receives More Than This Amount of Radiation Will Die Within 30 Days. 100,000 Roentgens/Rad (1,000 Gy) Causes...
Without medical treatment, nearly everyone who receives more than this amount of radiation will die within 30 days. 100,000 roentgens/rad (1,000 Gy) causes almost immediate unconsciousness and death within an hour.
How bad is 200 Roentgen?
Dose (rem)Effects5-20Possible late effects; possible chromosomal damage.20-100Temporary reduction in white blood cells.100-200Mild radiation sickness within a few hours: vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue; reduction in resistance to infection.
Is 100 Roentgen a lot?
A dose rate of 100 microR/hr (1 microGy/hr) is not dangerous. If this dose rate is accurate, living in it continuously (8760 hours per year) will give you a radiation dose of about 0.9 R/hr (9 mGy/yr).
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