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  1. 2011-Mar-17, 03:29 PM #1
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    Nuclear emergency reading list

    The aim of this thread is to compile links to basic reference materials relevant to nuclear power plant accidents. I have compiled this from Fukushima threads and some googling. If you have anything more, please add below.

    General information on nuclear energy
    The nuclear energy option

    Radiation units, doses and effects
    Radiation units
    Quantities and units of ionizing radiation
    rem/Sievert and rad/Gray conversion tables
    Some useful calculators
    Effects of radiation on humans
    Effects of nuclear explosions - read section 5.6.3 Radiation Injury.
    Wikipedia article on radiation poisoning

    Understanding nuclear contamination
    A booklet from Lake County (Ohio) Emergency Management Agency (PDF) including reactor fallout protection and evacuation checklists (page 3-4)
    Difference between nuclear weapon fallout and reactor accident fallout.
    Nuclear war survival skills including a chapter on Trans-pacific fallout and a do-it-yourself radiation meter.
    The effects of nuclear weapons includes a comprehensive chapter on weapon fallout (PDF)
    You will survive doomsday: concise nuclear war survival guide

    International Nuclear Events Scale
    Descritpion from IAEA as PDF
    Wikipedia page

    Chernobyl disaster
    What happened, how, and why (wikipedia)
    Health consequences of Chernobyl disaster
    Post-Chernobyl thyroid cancer rates in Belarus
    Fallout distribution over Europe
    Disaster area exclusion zones
    Exclusion zones superimposed over map of Japan
    Exclusion zones superimposed over map of California (PDF)
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    Another good one (that I own):
    Last Aid
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    Quote Originally Posted by tlbs101 View Post
    Another good one (that I own):
    Last Aid
    A very interesting book (I read it years ago), though it is about nuclear war, not nuclear power. I'm not sure how relevant it is.
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    Radiation risk - radiation doses you can get from various sources and how much they will shorten your life
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    Thanks for the links.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kamaz View Post
    Radiation risk - radiation doses you can get from various sources and how much they will shorten your life
    To convert to the units mostly seen here because the rem is strongly deprecated now, 1 mrem = 10 µSv, 1 rem = 10mSv.
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    Different radiation doses visualized
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    Inventory of different radionuclides in the Chernobyl core and percentage released
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    A good bit of information at the MIT NSE Nuclear Information Hub:
    http://mitnse.com/
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    Since the other thread has shown that some people really like equating radiation-leaking power plants with exploding weapons, I'm throwing these in:

    Nuclear weapon effect simulators

    Nuclear Weapon Effects Calculator (Federation of American Scientists)
    Fallout calculator (Federation of American Scientists)
    High Yield Detonation Effects Simulator - overpressure (shock waves), groundburst ranges
    Firestorm ranges simulator
    Thermal, pressure and fallout simulator
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    FAS Nuclear Information Project - Weapons, Fuel Cycle, (Non-) Proliferation
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    Somebody ,I think it is Google , don't like one of your page : The "Effects of radiation on humans" page


    Kamaz_Nuclear.GIF

    THe reason why :


    Kamaz_Nuclear_reasons.GIF

    Nuclear energy is a fraud and a crime ; that's official now !
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    The Atomic Rockets page on radiation: http://www.projectrho.com/public_htm.../radiation.php In case you're ever in a nuclear spaceship.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Noclevername View Post
    The Atomic Rockets page on radiation: http://www.projectrho.com/public_htm.../radiation.php In case you're ever in a nuclear spaceship.
    Very Interesting site Thanks . But so "passé" if you authorise a french to use a french expression that unknown in France and only for american usage !

    It make me think of this other site http://manconquersspace.com/
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    Quote Originally Posted by galacsi View Post
    Very Interesting site Thanks . But so "passé" if you authorise a french to use a french expression that unknown in France and only for american usage !
    It's not passé, it's retro! That's the whole point of the site.
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