Talk:Mutations/@comment-148.75.173.213-20170922015541

The way radiation is portrayed in this show, especially with the Mountain Men is a bit rediculous. For ionizing radiation to be strong enough to cause burns and blistering almost immediately to people it would most certainly be setting fire to the entire ecosystem. I guess its for dramatic effect, but realistically to quote one source:

"Based on hard data and not Greenpeace scaremongering or some such, radiation rates deplete very quickly. Even if we had rampant (i.e. massively overlapping) surface nuclear detonations, the levels of radioactive fallout drop by 90% for every 7-fold increase in time, so if the level at 1 hour post-blast is 1000 rads/hour, then after 7 hours, it will be about 100 rads/hour, and after 2 days and an hour, 10 rads/hour. By 2 weeks and 7 hours, it's down to 1 rad/hour, and by 100 days, 1 hour, it's at 100 millirads/hour. After a little under years, it's at 10 millirads/hour. This level is about 3.5 times more than the natural background level in Ramsur, Iran, which doesn't have unusually high rates of cancer relative to nearby areas with low radiation, so this level should be at least habitable, if not healthy. By 13.4 years post-detonation, the levels would be down to 1 millirad/hour, which is about half what you get during a plane ride. By 94 years, the fallout is ESSENTIALLY HARMLESS. It is about 40% higher than U.S. background."

Still enjoy the show, but sometimes the "science" is a stretch.