Radiation Accidents
This category covers nuclear power accidents such as Chernobyl or Fukushima; criticality accidents; and radiation releases to the environment. The current condition of locations and products impacted by radiation are also included here.
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Questions Answered by HPS Experts
The following health physics questions have been answered by an expert and approved by our editors for inclusion in our "Ask the Experts" feature. Click on the question to see the answer.
| Questions in this Category Are in the Following Subcategories: | ||
|---|---|---|
| • Fukushima | ||
| • Miscellaneous | ||
| Fukushima | ||
| Q9669 | – | Are plutonium measurements being made at Daiichi and what bio-impact is plutonium having?” |
| Q9713 | – | Radioactivity in seaweed |
| Q9935 | – | Is traveling to Osaka, Japan safe? |
| Q9974 | – | Is it appropriate to use these instruments for measurements in Japan? |
| Q9993 | – | Radioactivity on cars from Japan? |
| Q10093 | – | Safety of products from Japan |
| Q10792 | – | Detector for measuring contamination on used cars from Japan |
| Q10907 | – | Safety of tea and pottery from Japan |
| Q11250 | – | Don't worry about products exported from Japan |
| Miscellaneous | ||
| Q7000 | – | Expiration date of potassium iodide (KI) |
| Q7799 | – | Magic pill to prevent radiation effects |
| Q8964 | – | Three Mile Island and thyroid cancer |
| Q12007 | – | Can a handheld detector detect a nuclear accident? |
| Q13056 | – | Russian nuclear incident |