Discovering an Event: How do you know a radiation event has occurred? (Text Version)
- Radiological/Nuclear Event
- How do you know a radiation event has occurred?
- Obvious in real time
- Information from local, state, federal authorities
- News report
- Routine radiation monitoring of
- Industrial radiation sources
- Planned transport of radiation sources
- Medical facility radiation sources
- Personal observation
- Examples
- Nuclear explosion
- Transportation accident
- Medical facility accident or lost source
- Nuclear reactor accident or sabotage
- Industrial radiation source accident
- Not obvious in real time
- HAZMAT professionals detect radiation on scene of explosion
- Monitoring of water, soil, food, air for unexpected radiation
- Requires clinical recognition of cluster of unusual clinical signs and symptoms in victims
- Environmental detectors locate hidden sources outside of expected places, e.g. subway, sports field
- Examples
- Radiological Dispersal Device
- Explosion
- Non-explosive dispersion into water, soil, food, air
- Hidden radiological source
- Malicious industrial, nuclear reactor, medical facility or transportation accident
- More details on identifying types of radiation event
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