More thoughts on radiation dose and non-stochastic

 

The sun's been out and I've been trying to get a tan. I spent hours in the hills yesterday but you can't tell. This got me thinking about what radiation dose means, based on what I read on the website I linked in 2 days ago. I was wondering whether low intensity but for hours equals a high dose like high intensity for a few minutes. Maybe the sum of the energy will be the same but not the effect. That's probably at the root of the stochastic/non-stochastic distinction. Low intensity may not burn but there is a very low chance of genetic damage. The longer I go on, that is the only effect. But in mid-summer at higher intensity, I can burn in 10 minutes. That's a non-stochastic effect.