I've had it on the toon enough to fiddle with it some and I like the panic button nature of it, and I normally hate panic button powers. OTOH, Irradiate seems like nothing but a panic button, because what, my squishie is going to be running into the middle of a crowd on purpose or sidling up next to that AV for fun? My play style sez take hurricane! Electron Haze is more my speed.
Thanks for the info though, that does help me solidify my choices.