How to Protect Yourself from an Atomic Blast 1950

One of the greatest threats to the life and health of people in the vicinity of a nuclear explosion is exposure to radioactive fallout. People may be exposed to dangerous levels of fallout in the moderate damage (MD) and light damage (LD) zones, and further out to 10 or 20 miles in the dangerous fallout (DF) zone. There are two principle actions that may be taken to protect the public from fallout: taking shelter and evacuation. The standard ways to reduce radiation exposure are as follows: reduce time in the zone, increase distance from the source of radiation (the fallout), and/or use of dense materials (like concrete, brick, or earth) as shielding against the radiation. In the case of widespread fallout, the primary protective actions are to take shelter and to evacuate. Evacuation reduces time spent exposed to radiation; the goal, of course, is to avoid exposure. Sheltering protects people by providing shielding and increasing distance from fallout, especially in the center of a large building. For much more, go to the planning guide at http://www.remm.nlm.gov/planning-guidance.pdf . This is clipped from the 1950 film, Self Preservation In an Atomic Attack, produced for the US Armed Forces Special Weapons Project and available at the Internet Archives.

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[tysoner]

how can a wall protect you from radiation????????

[insanitaruisPH]

this is so dumb, Radiation act like X-RAYS, all you need is titanium metal which Repels Ultra heat, just like shuttles

[RadasGameReviews]

Fallout!!

[jjclassjj]

i enjoyed this vid

[manuiavazzo]

fully ingrates...the gamma rays are invisibles, depend by kilotons of bomb... certain a wall don't repair from radiation

[L0veNPeaceV]

So your pretty much fuck.

[momosoar]

@tysoner it absorbs enough of it to not harm you

[Arventex]

@tysoner Not exactly, at least 2 meters of Concrete can protect you from even the deadliest radiation like gamma rays.

[Metallskalle4Life]

bombs are dangerous.

[kraven2144]

this wasnt meant to be legit, it was meant to calm people down, even if it wasnt the safest way, but the truth is, if a bomb did drop, they were fucked no matter what. They just had to give people a sense of safety

[meronmotors]

@tysoner it protects you from the rays from the bomb not the fallout