Radioactive Fallout

[Paul]

What we need is FACTS.

So would someone please explain what to do i.e.

I read that you should plan on staying in your shelter for a minimum of 200 hours (8-9 days).
Under no circumstances leave the shelter in the first forty-eight hours.
Is this right?

On the third day you can out looking for water for 1/2 an hour.
Is this right?

Someone must know these things.

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Then I find this in FM 3-05.70 US Army Field Manual
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.