Radioactive hotspots appear near places that were struck directly by nuclear weapons, and regions varied in how long radiation persisted, ranging from clearing shortly after the war to remaining hundreds of years later. Ĭenturies after the Great War, some areas such as the Glow and the Glowing Sea, are still highly irradiated. Radstorms are capable of producing vortexes that are strong enough to lift people off the ground. Over the course of the storm, lightning periodically flashes and causes a brief spike of radiation in the area, inflicting 5 rads per lightning flash. Radstorms result in green overcast skies and audible winds. These storms are weather phenomena that occur throughout the Commonwealth and in Appalachia. Radiation also affects weather systems, producing radstorms. Radiation suits are utilized to mitigate the effects of exposure, with varying efficacy. Radiation levels are measured with Geiger counters built into Pip-Boys as well as Wattz Electronics C-Radz Geiger counters.

Medical treatment to alleviate damage by radiation includes care provided by Auto-Doc, Sympto-matic, makeshift archways, inoculations, decontamination arches, and system flushes. In serious cases of radiation sickness and poisoning, living creatures will suffer from gastrointestinal bleeding, violent hemorrhaging, and death, but some life forms have adapted to the radiation in the environment. Symptoms may also include loss of hair, teeth, and skin. Ĭomprised of Gamma rays, living creatures that absorb too much of these ionizing rays may experience blood pooling in the gums, nausea, vomiting, anemia, diarrhea, and fatigue. Measured in units known as 'rads' or 'sieverts,' sensors outside of Vaults monitors for changes in the radiation levels as a prerequisite for entry or exit and the results of sensors placed inside are announced to inhabitants. Described as tasteless and odorless, radiation or the 'phantom death' is a lingering danger present in the environment caused by the detonation of nuclear missiles and toxic waste.

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