"The sievert is intended to represent the stochastic health risk, which for radiation dose assessment is defined as the probability of radiation-induced cancer and genetic damage.
One sievert carries with it a 5.5% chance of eventually developing cancer based on the linear no-threshold model.[1][2]"
So here you have it....
46 posted on 09/20/2018 3:51:56 PM PDT by Paladin2