diff --git a/code/datums/diseases/advance/symptoms/radiation.dm b/code/datums/diseases/advance/symptoms/radiation.dm
index c52ae6a8..17447f90 100644
--- a/code/datums/diseases/advance/symptoms/radiation.dm
+++ b/code/datums/diseases/advance/symptoms/radiation.dm
@@ -7,18 +7,15 @@
 	transmittable = 2
 	level = 8
 	severity = 4
-	symptom_delay_min = 1
-	symptom_delay_max = 4
+	symptom_delay_min = 10
+	symptom_delay_max = 40
 	var/fastrads = FALSE
 	var/radothers = FALSE
-	threshold_desc = "<b>Transmission 12:</b> Makes the host irradiate others around them as well.<br>\
-					  <b>Speed 8:</b> Host takes radiation damage faster."
+	threshold_desc = "<b>Speed 8:</b> Host takes radiation damage faster."
 
 /datum/symptom/radiation/Start(datum/disease/advance/A)
 	if(!..())
 		return
-	if(A.properties["transmission"] >= 10)
-		radothers = TRUE
 	if(A.properties["speed"] >= 8)
 		fastrads = TRUE
 
@@ -34,18 +31,12 @@
 			if(prob(50))
 				to_chat(M, "<span class='danger'>You feel like the atoms inside you are beginning to split...</span>")
 		if(4, 5)
-			if(fastrads)
-				radiate(M, 80)
-			else
-				radiate(M, 40)
-			if(radothers && A.stage == 5)
-				if(prob(40))
-					M.visible_message("<span class='danger'>[M] glows green for a moment!</span>", \
-								 	  "<span class='userdanger'>You feel a massive wave of pain flow through you!</span>")
-					radiation_pulse(M, 20)
-			
+			radiate(M)
 
-/datum/symptom/radiation/proc/radiate(mob/living/carbon/M, chance)
-	if(prob(chance))
-		to_chat(M, "<span class='danger'>You feel a wave of pain throughout your body!</span>")
-		M.radiation += 4
+/datum/symptom/radiation/proc/radiate(mob/living/carbon/M)
+	to_chat(M, "<span class='danger'>You feel a wave of pain throughout your body!</span>")
+	if(fastrads)
+		M.radiation += 150
+	else
+		M.radiation += 75
+	return 1