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Information on Specific Types of Emergencies

Radiation Emergencies

If a radiation emergency occurs, you can take actions to protect yourself, your loved ones, and your pets.

Radiation and Your Health

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Radiation can affect the body in a number of ways, and the adverse health effects of exposure may not be apparent for many years.

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Information for Professionals

Highlights / In The News

Radiation Hazard Scale -- an emergency communication tool that provides a frame of reference for relative hazards of radiation, conveying meaning without using radiation measurements or units that are unfamiliar to people.

Communicating in Radiation Emergencies: Myths of Radiation -- a new training that introduces participants to some common myths of radiation and identifies communications strategies to combat these and other myths.

Radiation Thermometer -- a new tool to help put common radiation doses in perspective.

Community Reception Center (CRC) Drill Toolkit -- a new toolkit to help communities, agencies, and emergency planners design and implement a CRC Drill.

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