Posted on 11/13/2015 8:02:19 AM PST by BenLurkin
Set in a post-nuclear apocalyptic world, Fallout 4 is one of the biggest and most hotly-anticipated games of the year.
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Experts from the American Chemical Society have released a video explaining the basics of survival in a world riddled with radiation - and it is even harder than fiction would have us believe.
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The video explains that in order to protect themselves, people need to be exposed to the alpha particles, beta particles and gamma rays from the ionising radiation for the least amount of time possible.
In particular, the key to survival is three-fold - time, distance, and shelter.
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In a separate piece of research, Daniel Salisbury at King's College London compiled everything you need to know about a nuclear attack and how to survive it.
The research was commissioned by Fallout 4's game studio Bethesda Softworks.
Mr Salisbury, from the Centre for Science and Security Studies, explained that surviving the effects of a nuclear explosion depend on factors including the device and bomb size, where it was detonated, the nature of the target and weather conditions.
The danger of radiation from fallout also decreases with time.
Mr Salisbury said with each factor-of-seven increase in time (one hour, seven hours, 49 hours etc) the radiation is reduced by a factor of 10.
For example, seven hours after release, the average dose rate is reduced by 10.
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Mr Salisbury recommends remaining inside for up to two weeks.
To tell if the radiation poses a risk, people should hold their arm out and shut one eye.
If when they hold their thumb up to the cloud it appears bigger than the thumb, they are in the radiation zone and need to evacuate.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
For later.
“a” nuclear fallout?
SOunds like I need a fully stocked bomb shelter.
Scavenging Salisbury Steak in the Mojave Wasteland Ping
moddern jernalism
Goodbye
but they is smarter than us
just ask them
Double whammy SHTF/Fallout ping.
In that chart, the first one says, ‘reduced by 10’. That seems correct but after that they say reduced by 1/100th 1/1000th.... I think they should read ‘reduced TO 1/100th’ (not by).
Make sure your Pip Boy has the latest update.
That would indeed make more sense!
There’s tons of old civil defense videos from the cold war era on YouTube.
They’re well put together and folks can still learn a lot from them.
LOL! That is too cool..
Not many enormous nukes out there (>1MT). Russia has modernized to about 370-450kt on most warheads since the CEP has narrowed to "bullseye" capability on ICBMs and SLBMs the last 20 years. Only the Chinese have yet to reveal what they are doing with their warheads. My bet is that since President Kringtong gave them W88 warhead designs, they are pulling their >1MT warheads off and putting on 3-5 250-500kt warheads which actually does more damage than one big warhead.
“Shoot, a feller could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.”
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