Radiation Safety in Shelters

This is a reprint of the 1983 book, Radiation Safety in Shelters, put together by FEMA. It is essentially ‘radiation 101’ for dummies. It is the gold standard for learning anything and everything about how to protect you and your family from radioactive fallout after a nuclear explosion. It presents this complex and technical subject in a manner that is simple and easy to understand, giving the reader all the necessary basics of radiation, from its types and dangers, to acceptable exposures and permissible activities in different levels of radiation. The wide range of material provides the reader with the confidence and grounding they need to overcome this particular situation.

While it is immediately written as a ‘crash course’ for the appointed radiological monitor and the other shelterees, it is still an excellent resource for the budding radiological hobbyist or prepper.

Sections include:

• Checklists for Radiological Monitors

• What is Nuclear Radiation

• The 7:10 Rule (fallout decay ratio)

• How Much Nuclear Radiation is Harmful?

• How Fallout Radioactivity Arrives and Decays

• INSTRUMENTS FOR DETECTING NUCLEAR RADIATION

• HOW TO GET YOUR RADIOLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS READY FOR OPERATION

• RADIATION SAFETY PROCEDURES

• Decontamination of People Caught in Fallout

• Finding the Places with the Lowest Radiation Levels in the Shelter

• Keeping Track of Everyone's Radiation Exposure

• Checking Radiation Levels Beyond the Immediate Shelter Area

• ...and much much more

Printed on thicker, more durable paper, this is a must have.