fallout protection
Nuclear debris shelter
Fallout protection refers to measures or structures designed to shield people from radioactive particles following a nuclear explosion.
During the Cold War, fallout shelters were promoted as civil defense: The basement offered some fallout protection.
The term extends to any safeguards against harmful consequences of a disaster or scandal: The company sought fallout protection before the story broke.
- evacuation plansOrganized emergency exit protocols
- emergency broadcastUrgent public safety announcement
- dosimetersDevices measuring radiation exposure
- Geiger countersIonizing radiation measurement instruments
- emergency drillsPracticed responses to crises
survival kits · lead shielding · ventilation systems · civil defense · nuclear winter · communication networks · potassium iodide · air filtration · radiation sickness · public awareness campaigns · decontamination · duck and cover · bunker · safe room · blast radius · ground zero
fallout protectionradiation exposure
Contact with ionizing energy
contamination · irradiation · radioactive contamination · vulnerability · nuclear contamination
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