FAQ

(Frequently Asked Questions)

What does flying have to do with radiation?

A great deal. Space is full of radiation and Earth’s atmosphere is what protects us from it. But planes fly in thinner parts of the atmosphere, where there is less protection. Airline crews have higher radiation exposures than nuclear plant workers.

What kind of protective gear did you wear?
Did you ever see that woman, Elena, that rides around the zone on her motorcycle? Her website www.kiddofspeed.com was a big thing a few years ago.

Is that dangerous?
What was your total radiation dose?
How much time have you spent in the zone?
Why not? Since the Bomb first dropped, sundry mutants have starred in nearly every sci-fi movie about radiation.
With such high radiation in some places, the zone must be crawling with mutants, no?
Isn’t that confusing?
Why do Americans use different radiation units than the rest of the world?
What are normal background radiation levels?
What are the radiation levels in the zone?
How is it possible that Chernobyl helped nature? Wasn’t it the worst environmental disaster ever?