Radiation Incidents: Multimedia Library
Discovering an Incident
Discovering an incident. How do you know? (Chart)
Identify types of radiation incidents (Chart)
Characterize Incident Severity
International Nuclear & Radiological Event Scale (Chart)
Timeline of an Incident
Incident's phases or timelines (Illustration)
Recovery continuum timelines and tasks (Illustration)
Three phases of the response to an RDD or IND (Chart)
Expected timeline for a 10-Kiloton IND detonation (Illustration)
Specific Incident Types
Dirty bomb: RDD using explosive (Animation)
Dispersal of radioactive material by aircraft (Animation)
RDD - planning for the first 100 minutes (YouTube - 19:58 min) (Video)
RDD response for the first 100 minutes (YouTube - 29:04 min) (Video)
Hidden sealed radioactive source (RED) in train car (Animation)
Difference between dirty bomb & fission bomb (Illustration)
Initial protective action zones in RDD incident (Illustration)
Nuclear blast releases massive amounts of energy (Photo)
Nuclear power plant / nuclear reactor incidents (Photo)
Nuclear power plant emergency planning zones (Illustration)
Radioactive dispersal from an experimental RDD explosion (Photo)
Diagram of hypothetical dispersal possibilities (Illustration)
Transportation accident involving radioactive material (YouTube - 1:35 min) (Video)
Ground and air transport of contaminated patients (Vimeo - 8:18 min) (Video)
Nuclear Explosions
Nuclear blast releases massive amounts of energy (Photo)
Prompt & delayed fallout effects (Illustration)
Time-sequenced size of dangerous fallout zone (Illustration)
Rapidly shrinking dangerous fallout zone after an IND detonation (YouTube - 0:29 min) (Video)
RTR System after nuclear detonation (Illustration)
Primer for healthcare providers after IND detonation (RITN) (YouTube - 16:10 min) (Video)
Estimated fallout pattern from nuclear air burst (Illustration)
Factors that affect fallout: particle size, altitute, wind (Illustration)
How blast injuries cause trauma (Illustration)
Flash blindness (Illustration)
Retinal burn (Illustration)
Nuclear detonation effects (YouTube - 0:41 min) (Video)
Nuclear detonation fallout (YouTube - 1:30 min) (Video)
Decay of dose rate from nuclear fallout (Illustration)
Fallout: decline rate of radioactivity (Illustration)
Fallout shrinks over time due to radioactive decay (Illustration)
Model of IND fallout/groundshine (Illustration)
Fallout 2 hours post detonation (Illustration)
Zones of damage after nuclear explosion (Illustration)
Damage zones after nuclear detonation (Illustration)
Thermal skin burns after nuclear blast (Photo)
How buildings provide shielding from a nuclear explosion (Illustration)
How nuclear explosions affect dwellings (Photo)
Selecting a safe room after an IND detonation (Illustration)
Size of the incident and potential affected areas (Graph)
Approximate energy dispersion after nuclear explosion (Illustration)
Saving lives after a nuclear detonation (YouTube - 23:10 min) (Video)
Low dose rate in detectable contamination area 24 hr post detonation (Illustration)
Public Messages
Get inside. Stay inside.
Stay tuned. (Illustration)
Where to go in a radiation emergency (YouTube - 1:35 min) (Video)
Where to go in a radiation emergency. (Illustration)
Saving lives after a nuclear detonation (YouTube - 23:10 min) (Video)
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