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Personally I'm not sure theres a lot of point in knowing how high the radiation level is. In the event of something big happening we'd be pretty much kippered anyway in the long term. NBC suits and masks are handy but they only last so long, you need a supply of indate replacements and the means to decontaminate yourself between changes (not as easy as it sounds to do properly) .
The Mask/suit is probably more use in a dirty bomb situation, but thats going to happen in a city (probably) and not only are you going to single yourself out walking around with a mask on but in the panic people might even try and take it off you.
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I'm quite close (in fallout terms) to Sizewell B on the East coast so it falls within my prep category of something to "keep an eye on"

I tend to watch out for anything potentially nuclear accident related across Europe and if a series of Geiger counters start going off one after another in those countries, then my ears prick up. Not sure im quite ready to invest in my own Geiger counter though. :?:
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nbc suits , masks and spare filters . got those . i`m stuck between two major cities . so could be worth having one in . at what point would you know when top open the box and pull them on if you didn`t know how bad it was . as for others trying to take a mask off you . thats all ways a risk , same goes for any thing else that they might want or need .
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Arwen Thebard wrote:I'm quite close (in fallout terms) to Sizewell B on the East coast so it falls within my prep category of something to "keep an eye on"

I tend to watch out for anything potentially nuclear accident related across Europe and if a series of Geiger counters start going off one after another in those countries, then my ears prick up. Not sure im quite ready to invest in my own Geiger counter though. :?:
could be worth looking into dosemeters . cheap enough but again i`m not sure what they pick up as to what could be in the air .
YES i walked away mid sentence , you were boring me to death and my survival instincts kick in .
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I did pick myself up a gieger counter from a well known chinese store for 80 GBP. Is pretty good and I have tested it with some beta emitters just to check if actually detects what it should.

Mainly I purchased it for scientific curiosity rather than in the case of nuclear fallout.
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Geiger counters are an odd issue. I do include them in my preps as I believe you can do things to help if something happens.

http://www.anythingradioactive.com/geig ... lus-geiger

This one is sitting on my desk now. I use it to generate random numbers ( don't ask!) but I get a continous readout and can look it up on the internet from work.

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I love that "anything radioactive" site! Nuclear novelties! That's brilliant :mrgreen:

And ... you use your geiger counter to generate random numbers ... you use those numbers for the lottery, don't you :mrgreen: :lol:
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Arzosah wrote:I love that "anything radioactive" site! Nuclear novelties! That's brilliant :mrgreen:

And ... you use your geiger counter to generate random numbers ... you use those numbers for the lottery, don't you :mrgreen: :lol:
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Random numbers can be used to create very secure passwords.

Computer based random number generators simply aren't random radioactivity is random so the passwords are secure.

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Brambles wrote:
Arzosah wrote:I love that "anything radioactive" site! Nuclear novelties! That's brilliant :mrgreen:

And ... you use your geiger counter to generate random numbers ... you use those numbers for the lottery, don't you :mrgreen: :lol:
One of my prized possessions is a 'glow in the dark' keyring from the Sellafield gift shop. :lol: :lol:
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