Surviving Nuclear Radiation Fallout, a Handbook

By Transmedia Books

Nuclear Disaster. Radiation. Fallout.

The catastrophic earthquake and tsunami in Japan in March 2011 caused devastating damage to its nuclear reactors, spewing potentially fatal radiation into the surrounding areas around the world.

Dangerous radiation spread to the west coast of the United States and to other highly populated areas.

We can not prevent earthquakes and tsunamis, and we failed to safeguard the nuclear reactors, but we can protect ourselves and our families and loved ones from the dangers of radiation.

Follow this guide and you will stay safe from harmful radiation. This handbook lays out what you must do, and how to do it, and provides resources, action steps, and a communication plan.

Be prepared. Take precautions. Stay safe from radiation from nuclear fallout. Read "Surviving Nuclear Radiation Fallout" today.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Transmedia Books
• Release date: Mar 18, 2011
• ISBN: 9780985886172

Transmedia Books

Transmedia Books is the publishing arm of Transmedia Multiverse, best known for the NY Times mega-Bestseller "My Stroke of Insight" by Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, now translated in over 30 countries and being made into a major full-length feature film. Stiefler, also a noted entertainment attorney, agent and manager, helped pioneer the concept of Transmedia Storytelling, convincing the Producer's Guild to accord recognition for "Transmedia Producer" credit. Transmedia Multiverse productions engage the audience and community, involving them interactively in the story being told across different media platforms (traditional and digital), while leveraging the specific features of each platform. Transmedia Books was one of the first publishers to create “enhanced e-books”, which create fuller experiences for readers by linking or embedding in the text of the book other media such as videos, games, community sites, illustrations, interactive learning tools, etc.

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Surviving Nuclear Radiation Fallout

A Handbook

A Transmedia Books Publication

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CONTENTS

Why We Prepare?

What Is Nuclear Radioactive Fallout?

What Is Radiation Poisoning?

Signs And Symptoms Of Poisoning

Treatment

Top Ten Tips For Staying Safe From Nuclear Disaster

How To Plan Ahead And Be Prepared For A Nuclear Or Radiological Disaster:

Develop A Family Communications Plan

Deciding To Stay Or Go

Staying Put And Shelter-In-Place

Getting Away

Working Together

Neighborhoods And Apartment Buildings

Schools And Daycare

Employers

Family Communication Plan

What To Do After A Nuclear Or Radiological Disaster: Evacuation - Do I Stay Or Do I Go?

What To Do When You Are Told To Evacuate

Gimme Shelter

What To Do Once You Are In The Shelter

What To Do When You Can Return To Your Home

What To Buy And Stockpile To Be Prepared

Additional Items To Consider Adding To An Emergency Supply Kit:

Water

Water Treatment

Food/Supplies

What About Potassium Iodide or Other Medications?

Resources

WHY WE PREPARE?

If you are reading this booklet, the world is likely experiencing or threatened with a catastrophic nuclear disaster or one seems imminent, from war, terrorism or nuclear accident. This handbook is intended for a nuclear accident situation where it is presumed that all forces are collaborating to help one another and provide assistance, but where each of us must take responsibility for our own survival too. While there is no way to predict what will happen, or what your personal circumstances will be, there are simple things you can do now to prepare yourself and your loved ones against the threat from radiation fallout resulting from a nuclear disaster.

If you are reading this booklet, the world is likely experiencing or threatened with a catastrophic nuclear disaster. This may be from war, terrorism or nuclear accident. This handbook is intended for a nuclear accident situation where it is presumed that all forces are collaborating to help one another and provide assistance, such as Fukushima in Japan, but where each of us must take responsibility for our own survival too.

The tragedy in Fukushima, Japan has directed attention to nuclear safety failures and errors and the risk of nuclear radiation contamination. In a worst case scenario of a nuclear reactor meltdown, the fuel rods fuse together, the temperatures get so hot that the rods melt together in a radioactive molten mass that bursts through the containment systems, and radiation is spewed into the ground, air and water. If you remember, the 1979 movie, China Syndrome, which described an ultimate nuclear reactor event, was released on March 16, 1979, coincidentally just 12 days before the Three Mile Island nuclear accident in Pennsylvania.

Many countries, including the United States, operate atomic reactors. Japan has stated that they plan to eliminate atomic power by the end of the 2030’s, but even if that occurs, many other countries plan to continue using nuclear power plants and other countries and their populations may suffer the effects of radiation fallout from the cloud of radiation traveling from other countries far away.

Realistically, however, nuclear radiation fallout can occur in wars, terrorist events and other contentious situations, which may magnify the challenges of coping with the problem.

North Korea’s underground nuclear test on February 12, 2013 and ever-larger nuclear