What to do in case of a nuclear accident?
Posted by Marc | 15-03-2011 22:34 | Category: Environment, Government, Health
It’s a coincidence this new campaign from the Belgium government about the risks of a nuclear accident. It has nothing to do with the situation in Japan right now. But how ironic, the accident at the nuclear power plant Fukushima couldn’t happen on a better moment for this campaign.
The campaign started yesterday 14 March and will end at 16 april.
With the 2011 campaign, Home Affairs wishes to further improve the civilians’ coping ability in case of a nuclear incident affecting the Belgian territory. The authorities want to sharpen the risk awareness and simultaneously make iodine tablets available for people who live or work in a nuclear emergency planning zone.
Specific attention goes out to the protection of children, also before they are born (pregnant women): families with children, pregnant women and collectivities of children such as day care centres, crèches and schools.
Iodine tablets are preventively put at the disposal of households and collectivities in a zone of 20 km around the nuclear sites in Belgium and around the sites near the country’s borders.
See the campaign video here (in Dutch). (In French)
The video isn’t available for embedding right now.
Update: here is the video.
Transcript:
Are you sure what to do in case of a nuclear accident?
Take good reflexes, they offer the best protection.
Stay inside or go inside.
Close windows and doors.
Listen to the radio and watch TV.
Don’t use the phone unnecessary.
Leave the kids at school.
These instructions from the Home Office are your best protection.
That last sentence is a relief isn’t it?
Oh and one other thing Home Office mentioned: to wrap in aluminum foil is not an issue to protect from a nuclear incident.
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