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Why is nuclear radiation considered lethal?

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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, protecting people and the environment. ... Lethal dose (LD). The dose of radiation expected to cause death to 50 percent of an exposed population within 30 days (LD 50/30). Typically, the LD 50/30 is in the range from 400 to 450 rem (4 to 5 sieverts) received over a very short period. read more

"Nuclear radiation" can either be ionizing or non-ionizing. Non-ionizing is not particularly dangerous. Ionizing radiation by definition will ionize the materials it interacts with. That is, it will strip off electrons leaving a positively charge ion behind. read more

Radiation is energy traveling in the form of particles or electromagnetic waves. Removing an electron off an atom is called ionizing the atom since it leaves a charged ion. Radiation that has high enough energy to strip an electron off an atom is called ionizing radiation. Nuclear emissions generally have enough energy to ionize atoms. read more

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Further Research

HOW DANGEROUS IS RADIATION?
www.phyast.pitt.edu

Nuclear Radiation and Health Effects
www.world-nuclear.org