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Cover & Forward |
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CHECKLIST "A" FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION (Yellow Pages) |
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CHECKLIST "B" STANDARD CHECKLIST FOR RADIOLOGICAL MONITORS (Blue Pages) |
xiii |
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CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL INFORMATION |
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Why You Need This Handbook |
1-1 |
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Selection of Radiological Monitors |
1-2 |
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Definitions of Special Terms |
1-2 |
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What is Nuclear Radiation? |
1-2 |
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How Radioactive Fallout is Produced |
1-3 |
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How Nuclear Radiation Harms Our Bodies |
1-4 |
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Alpha Radiation |
1-4 |
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Beta Radiation |
1-4 |
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Gamma Radiation |
1-4 |
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How Quantities of Nuclear Radiation are Measured |
1-4 |
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How Much Nuclear Radiation is Harmful? |
1-5 |
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Natural Background Levels |
1-5 |
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Symptoms of Radiation Injury |
1-5 |
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Effects and Levels of Sickness from Brief Exposure |
1-6 |
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Long-Term Effects |
1-8 |
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Contamination of Food and Water |
1-9 |
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How You Can Shield Yourself from Gamma Radiation |
1-10 |
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How Fallout Radioactivity Arrives and Decays |
1-12 |
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Fallout from One Weapon |
1-12 |
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Fallout from Many Weapons |
1-12 |
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After Fallout Stops Coming Down |
1-13 |
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The Seven-Ten Rule |
1-13 |
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Radioactive Decay |
1-15 |
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Rainout |
1-15 |
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CHAPTER 2 - INSTRUMENTS FOR DETECTING NUCLEAR RADIATION |
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What Is Needed |
2-1 |
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What If There Are No Instruments? |
2-1 |
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The Survey Meter |
2-2 |
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The Dosimeter |
2-3 |
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The Dosimeter Charger |
2-4 |
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CHAPTER 3 - HOW TO GET YOUR RADIOLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS READY FOR OPERATION |
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Before You Begin |
3-1 |
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Preparation for Using the Survey Meter |
3-1 |
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Preliminary |
3-1 |
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Installing the Battery in the Survey Meter |
3-1 |
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Checking the Battery and the Instrument (operational check) |
3-2 |
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Reading the Survey Meter |
3-4 |
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Troubleshooting the Survey Meter |
3-7 |
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Preparation for Using the Dosimeter Charger |
3-7 |
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Preliminary |
3-7 |
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Installing the Battery in the Charger |
3-8 |
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Checking the Battery and the Dosimeter Charger (operational check) |
3-8 |
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Troubleshooting the Dosimeter Charger |
3-12 |
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Preparation for Using the Dosimeter |
3-13 |
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Preliminary |
3-13 |
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Charging or Zeroing the Dosimeter |
3-13 |
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Checking the Dosimeter for Leaks |
3-15 |
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Reading the Dosimeter |
3-16 |
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CHAPTER 4 - RADIATION SAFETY PROCEDURES |
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Introduction |
4-1 |
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Before Fallout Arrives |
4-1 |
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Organization of Shelter Population |
4-2 |
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Checking Out the Shelter |
4-4 |
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Best Protection |
4-5 |
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Space |
4-8 |
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Radiation Safety Improvement |
4-10 |
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Openings and Ventilation |
4-10 |
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Materials for Shielding |
4-12 |
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Entranceway Problems |
4-12 |
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Restroom and Water Locations |
4-13 |
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Dosimeter Locations |
4-13 |
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Instrument Storage |
4-14 |
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Light Sources |
4-14 |
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Writing Supplies |
4-14 |
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Getting and Checking the Instruments |
4-15 |
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Informing the People in the Shelter About Radiation Exposure |
4-15 |
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Watching for Fallout to Arrive |
4-16 |
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While Fallout is Coming Down |
4-19 |
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Decontamination of People Caught in Fallout |
4-19 |
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Finding the Places with the Lowest Radiation Levels in the Shelter |
4-20 |
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The Time-Averaging Method |
4-22 |
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Finding and Covering Up "Leaks" in Gamma Shielding |
4-27 |
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Gamma Shielding by People |
4-31 |
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Keeping Track of Everyone's Radiation Exposure (Group Dosimetry) |
4-32 |
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After Fallout Has Stopped Coming Down |
4-33 |
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Forecasting Radiation Exposure |
4-33 |
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The Penalty Table |
4-37 |
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Use of the Penalty Table as a Guide for Operations |
4-38 |
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Checking Radiation Levels Beyond the Immediate Shelter Area |
4-40 |
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Leaving the Shelter |
4-42 |
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APPENDICES |
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A. Glossary |
A-1 |
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B. Conversion of Standard Time Designation to Twenty-Four Hour Time |
B-1 |
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C. Bibliography |
C-1 |
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D. Acknowledgement |
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Sample Forms for RADIATION EXPOSURE RECORD |
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