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Protective Actions for Radiation Emergencies – Get Inside, Stay Inside, Stay Tuned
An accident at a nuclear power plant, a nuclear explosion, and a dirty bomb are examples of radiation emergencies. If a radiation emergency happens nearby, immediately leaving the area may not be the best course of action. Instead, emergency response officials may tell you to get inside a building and take shelter for a period…
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Protective Actions for Radiation Emergencies – Food and Water Safety
After a radiation emergency, food and water sources may become contaminated with radioactive material. Consuming contaminated food and water will cause radioactive material to get inside your body, but you can eliminate or reduce the amount of contamination by taking a few precautions.
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Protective Actions for Radiation Emergencies – Self-Decontamination
If you are outside in an area when a radiation emergency happens, you could be contaminated with radioactive material. Radioactive material can fall from the air and land on people, buildings, roads, cars, and other objects. This is called contamination. It is important to get radioactive contamination off your body as soon as you can…
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Radiation Basics Made Simple Segment 8: Responding to Radiation Emergencies
Radiation Basics Made Simple is a training module that introduces participants to the fundamentals of radiation and radioactivity. Radiation Basics Made Simple features an enhanced lecture-style video and interactive knowledge checks to deliver and reinforce key concepts. This segment introduces different types of radiation emergencies and discusses ways public health and partner agencies respond to…
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Radiation Basics Made Simple Segment 7: Environmental Impact of Radioactivity
Radiation Basics Made Simple is a training module that introduces participants to the fundamentals of radiation and radioactivity. Radiation Basics Made Simple features an enhanced lecture-style video and interactive knowledge checks to deliver and reinforce key concepts. This segment discusses the environmental fate of radioactive contamination.
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Radiation Basics Made Simple Segment 6: Decontamination
Radiation Basics Made Simple is a training module that introduces participants to the fundamentals of radiation and radioactivity. Radiation Basics Made Simple features an enhanced lecture-style video and interactive knowledge checks to deliver and reinforce key concepts. This segment describes ways to minimize or remove radioactive contamination.
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Radiation Basics Made Simple Segment 5: Radiation Protection
Radiation Basics Made Simple is a training module that introduces participants to the fundamentals of radiation and radioactivity. Radiation Basics Made Simple features an enhanced lecture-style video and interactive knowledge checks to deliver and reinforce key concepts. This segment introduces best practices for working safely with and around radioactive material and discusses ways to limit…
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Radiation Basics Made Simple Segment 4: Biological Effects of Radiation
Radiation Basics Made Simple is a training module that introduces participants to the fundamentals of radiation and radioactivity. Radiation Basics Made Simple features an enhanced lecture-style video and interactive knowledge checks to deliver and reinforce key concepts. This segment describes radiation health effects and how our bodies react to radiation exposure.
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Radiation Basics Made Simple Segment 3: Measuring Radiation
Radiation Basics Made Simple is a training module that introduces participants to the fundamentals of radiation and radioactivity. Radiation Basics Made Simple features an enhanced lecture-style video and interactive knowledge checks to deliver and reinforce key concepts. This segment describes common radiation measurements, the units used for these measurements, and different types of instruments that…
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Radiation Basics Made Simple Segment 2: Radioactive Decay
Radiation Basics Made Simple is a training module that introduces participants to the fundamentals of radiation and radioactivity. Radiation Basics Made Simple features an enhanced lecture-style video and interactive knowledge checks to deliver and reinforce key concepts. This segment describes how radioactive atoms release radiation to reach a more stable state.