What accident do to the atom? So you respond correctly
- Once you have heard of a nuclear accident with escaping radio active radiation, proceed immediately to the nearest building. Best old building with thick walls and few and small Windows are suitable.
- You communicate your family members, neighbors, and friends.
- Take the Radio, or a Laptop / Tablet and go in a room that has no window - the bathroom or the basement.
- Turn on the Radio, or open a large news portals, in order to further instructions to wait.
- So no radio penetrates active air to you, you should turn off all Openings to the outside closing / sealing and ventilation temporarily. Roller blinds or Venetian blinds should be let down and close the shutters.
- A danger, you can arrangement of the authorities to Iodine tablets from the in-house pharmacy access. These reduce the risk of thyroid cancer due to radioactivity. Thus, the tablet acts must be taken within three hour prior to the Arrival of the radioactive cloud.
- You will leave the building only with a special breathing mask (FFP3 mask). Of the mask, you should always have one in the car to get safely from the car into the house.
- You should take no food any more, the radio can be contaminated. Instead of tap water, you should resort to bottled water.
What accident do to the atom?
Nuclear accident: prepare yourself for the worst
The Federal office for population protection and disaster relief recommends:
- Per Person and week 14 liters of fluid (water bottles, fruit juices) to maintain as well as durable foods such as canned food, which do not require cooling.
- How many food you stock should buy, you can read here. For example full cream milk powder and whole grain bread from the tin.
- In addition, you should have candles, a Camping stove and a charged power banks have. In the CHIP best list to find the highest-performance and most reliable electricity storage.
- Download the current hazard-App of the civil protection on the phone.
- In addition, you should have your home pharmacy check and fill, in particular, with Iodine tablets.
How high is the risk of a nuclear accident is about the Virus in the Bavarian nuclear power plant Grundremmingen.
