Homeland Security

The following FAQs have been developed by our topic editors for this category:

			Emergency Responders
			Is Potassium Iodide a "Magic Bullet" for Radiation Exposure?

The following HPS Web page also addresses this category:

GUIDANCE FOR PROTECTIVE ACTIONS FOLLOWING A RADIOLOGICAL TERRORIST EVENT Position Statement of the Health Physics Society

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.

Q1141	–	Protection in a nuclear war
Q1671	–	Radiation-disaster cart
Q2514	–	How close to the radiation area can we go?
Q2551	–	People Working at Airport
Q4548	–	Action after terrorist action
Q4908	–	Radiation detection equipment
Q6134	–	Why isn’t highly enriched uranium hazardous?
Q6557	–	Use of Prussian blue tablets in treatment of cesium-137
Q6773	–	Double gloving
Q8706	–	Best way to shield from a nuclear weapon blast
Q8770	–	What would happen to a nuclear plant if a nuclear weapon detonated near it?
Q8997	–	Geiger counters on commercial flights