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SIR JOHN COCKCROFT1 has given a reassuring answer to the question of the genetic hazards of radiation from the products of nuclear and thermonuclear explosions disseminated to large distances. I think that he, or his biological advisers, have greatly over-estimated the simplicity of the problem. It can be attacked by several different methods. First we can fix a rough upper bound to the effect.
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HALDANE, J. Genetical Effects of Radiation from Products of Nuclear Explosions. Nature 176, 115 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/176115a0
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