Tag: nuclear
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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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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…