X-Ray lasers

Just a note, but Scott should check the *time* until death associated
with the LD50 he quotes. Last time I checked, it was around 30 days, and
the time until 50% dead were reached was halved every time you doubled
the dose (and vice-versa, which led to the interesting observation that
approximately 50% of the people exposed to "background" levels of
radiation would die after 70 years. :-)

Another factor is that this is the *absorbed* radiation dosage. People
don't absorb X-Rays and gamma rays very well.

My books are packed, but I was *very* interested in these sort of
figures back when we were designing shelters 20 years ago.
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