A leading source for FDA-approved potassium iodide, radiation detectors and nuclear blast fallout shelters.
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NukAlert™
Most modern radiation detectors were designed for 'peace time' low-level radiation use and would not detect the higher, more dangerous, levels associated with nuclear emergencies. While they might be adequate for measuring natural background radiation levels and above to a point, most would 'max out' well before the radiation levels approached anything near life-threatening.
Cresson H. Kearny, author of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory book Nuclear War Survival Skills, notes in Ch.10:
Low-range Geiger counter type instruments, like the CD V-700, would be helpful if decontamination was required later, but without a higher-range detector first warning you away from the higher, most dangerous, areas of radiation, the opportunity to later even use a low-range meter may never come!
Another serious drawback of currently available 'portable' radiation detectors was their very limited useful battery life and size. These limitations made them both difficult to keep "ON" 24/7 and to have it with you personally throughout the day and night as close as your car keys normally are.
We see acquiring a NukAlert™ the same as buying family insurance, just like medical or life insurance, where you get it even though you still hope/pray never to have to use it. (Also, too, just like insurance, it'll likely not be readily available after the fact either!) But, with it, know when the "We interrupt this program for a Special Bulletin..." comes across the TV or radio, and your family looks to you, you will be much better prepared for the worst and to then survive it. |