03-18-2011, 01:43 PM
Racer X wrote:
The doubled exposure put them squarely in the likely to have radiation sickness symptoms zone of exposure.
I highly doubt it. I don't know what the legal limit is in Japan, but given their "experience" with radiation I suspect it is cautiously low.
The US legal limit is 5 REM/year. Doubling it would not put you in "radiation sickness" territory.