Vox
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14 times normal is just what it is - 14Xnormal level.
if you want to find out at what level radiation exposure becomes harmful - you might want to refresh your memories of physics![]()
Lets say that radiation is an orange. And it takes 100 oranges being thrown at you to cause damage, and 1000 oranges thrown at you to kill you. Normally at any given time 1 orange is thrown at you. Now all of a sudden you get 14 thrown at you, but you can handle it.
One can say you faced 14 times the normal number of oranges, but it doesnt matter because you need 100 thrown at you to be an cause for concern.
radiation is not an orange.
radiation is not a single entity - it varies.
It has different sources and we are being irradiated constantly from different sources.
In order to make a claim that something is harmful - one has to compare that exact amount to the amount of what we are experiencing, let's say, while watching TV.
Or laying on a beach. Or flying from NYC to LA.
The figure "14 times more than normal" is useless - 14 times more than normal of WHAT? which units? what exposure?
and nuclear power is still the most clean, ecological and least harmful to the environment ( including humans) than ANYTHING else. It is not the cheapest, but it is the cleanest.