Chapter 23

Survival In Man-Made Hazards

THE NUCLEAR ENVIRONMENT

Exposure Timetable

23-39. The following timetable provides you with the information needed to avoid receiving a serious dosage and still let you cope with survival problems:

• Complete isolation from 4 to 6 days following delivery of the last weapon.

• A very brief exposure to get water on the third day is permissible, but exposure should not exceed 30 minutes.

• One exposure of not more than 30 minutes on the seventh day.

• One exposure of not more than 1 hour on the eighth day.

• Exposure of 2 to 4 hours from the ninth day through the twelfth day.

• Normal operation, followed by rest in a protected shelter, from the thirteenth day on.

• In all instances, make your exposures as brief as possible. Consider only mandatory requirements as valid reasons for exposure. Decontaminate at every stop.

23-40. The times given above are conservative. If forced to move after the first or second day, you may do so. Make sure that the exposure is no longer than absolutely necessary.