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Radiation Basics Made Simple Segment 1: Sources 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 introduces common sources of ionizing radiation and explains what makes radioactive atoms different from regular atoms.
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Radiological Emergency Preparedness in Wisconsin
DJ LeClear (formerly with WI DHS) presents on Radiological Emergencies at the NCRTAC Trauma Conference 2023
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Response to A Radioactive Material Transportation Incident
This video is intended to demonstrate how radiation detectors are used to respond to a radioactive material transportation incident.
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Using a Hand-Held Radiation Detector to Screen for Contamination
This video is intended to show first responders how to use a hand-held radiation detector to screen people and belongings (Purses, bags, clothing, etc) for radioactive contamination.
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What Do Radiation Contamination and Exposure Mean?
This brief animated video describes the concepts of radiation exposure and contamination with radioactive materials, to help people understand how to protect themselves in a radiation emergency and how these terms are used differently than in an infectious disease emergency. Removing radioactive contamination (decontamination) will be an important protective action in a radiation emergency.
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Sheltering in a Radiation Emergency
This brief animated video describes visually what is meant when officials tell people to “shelter in place” in a radiation emergency. In a large-scale radiation emergency, the immediate and key protective action is to “Get Inside, Stay Inside, and Stay Tuned for Information” and the video describes what is a safe shelter. The video also…
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Applied Gamma Spectroscopy Using InterSpec
Gamma spectroscopy can be a useful method for non-destructive identification and characterization of nuclear or radioactive sources for emergency response, field measurements, and the laboratory. But often times analysis can be hampered by the availability or quality of analysis tools. InterSpec is an open-source (http://github.com/sandialabs/InterSpec/) peak- based gamma analysis tool that can be used for…
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Radiation Risk Communication for Public Health
Providing information for the public in a radiation disaster will be a challenge, even for experienced communicators. This training provides resources and best practices for communication before, during, and after a radiation emergency.
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Radiological Dispersal Device (RDD) Response Guidance: Planning for the First 100 Minutes
S&T’s National Urban Security Technology Laboratory collaborated with first responders, DOE, and FEMA to publish the “Radiological Dispersal Device (RDD) Response Guidance: Planning for the First 100 Minutes.” This document is designed to encourage comprehensive radiological preparedness and assist first responders and local jurisdictions to both operationalize and implement best practices for RDD detonation response.…
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Communication for a Nuclear or Radiological Disaster
On February 27, CDC’s Emergency Partners Information Connection and the National Center for Environmental Health held a special webinar on nuclear and radiological emergencies. One of CDC’s top communication experts on this topic discusses the misunderstandings and the reality of radiation exposure, how a nuclear event would affect people, what actions to take and avoid…