Radiation Safety: Multimedia Library
Radiation Shielding
Ionizing radiation and shielding required (YouTube - 1:44 min) (Video)
Types of ionizing radiation and shielding required (Illustration)
Factors that decrease radiation from exposure: time, distance, shielding (Illustration)
Radiation shielding (Illustration)
Radiation shielding (Animation)
Radiation Survey Equipment
Radiation detection devices (Photo)
Radiation survey instruments (YouTube - 8:51 min) (Video)
Using hand-held radiation survey equipment (YouTube - 19:02 min) (Video)
Using ionizing chambers (YouTube - 2:50 min) (Video)
Using alpha scintillators (YouTube - 3:54 min) (Video)
Personal dosimeters (Photo)
Radiological dosimetry (YouTube - 2:02 min) (Video)
How to perform a survey for radiation contamination (Illustration)
Body chart for recording radiation survey (Illustration)
Measuring Radiation
Becquerel (Animation)
Various units of dose (Animations)
Unit Conversion Table (Chart)
Radiation detection devices (Photo)
Personal dosimeters (Photo)
Radiological dosimetry (YouTube - 2:02 min) (Video)
Protective Actions
Emergency worker exposure guidelines in the early phase (Chart)
Get inside. Stay inside.
Stay tuned. (Illustration)
Food and water safety during radiation emergencies (YouTube - 4:48 min) (Video)
Saving lives after a nuclear detonation (YouTube - 23:10 min) (Video)
Protective action guides for the public for RDD and IND incidents (Chart)
Get inside, stay inside, stay tuned (YouTube - 5:30 min) (Video)
Where to go in a radiation emergency? (YouTube - 1:35 min) (Video)
Response Zones and Protective Actions
Response control zones and perimeters recommended by various agencies (Chart)
Initial protective action zones in RDD incident (Illustration)
Definition of radiation area boundaries for responding to a RDD (Illustration)
Zones of damage after nuclear explosion (Illustration)
Prompt & delayed fallout effects (Illustration)
Nuclear power plant emergency planning zones (Illustration)
RDD response for the first 100 minutes (YouTube - 29:04 min) (Video)
Damage zones after nuclear detonation (Illustration)
Time-sequenced size of dangerous fallout zone (Illustration)
Rapidly shrinking dangerous fallout zone after an IND detonation (YouTube - 0:29 min) (Video)
Generic areas to be established by first responders (Illustration)
Radiation protection perimeter guidelines (Illustration)
Shelter-in-Place
How buildings provide shielding from a nuclear explosion (Illustration)
Selecting a safe room after an IND detonation (Illustration)
Public Messages
Get inside. Stay inside.
Stay tuned. (Illustration)
Radiation dose comparisons (Illustration)
Get inside, stay inside, stay tuned (YouTube - 5:30 min) (Video)
Saving lives after a nuclear detonation (YouTube - 23:10 min) (Video)
Transportation Labels and Placards
Radioactive materials shipping labels and placards (Illustration)
Radioactive material shipping packages (YouTube - 5:48 min) (Video)
Transporting Contaminated Patients
Transportation accident involving radioactive material (YouTube - 18:18 min) (Video)
After a radiation transportation incident (YouTube - 15:59 min) (Video)
Managing contaminated patients at the scene (YouTube - 12:00 min) (Video)
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