Question: What control measures are put in place when you are recreating nuclear accidents?

Sarah O'Sullivan answered on 13 Mar 2019:

I use only really small amounts of uranium powders and we have to keep a record of how much we use and if we spill any. This is for safeguarding regulations, which are the rules for handling fissile nuclear material to prevent people stealing it. I wear a lab coat, safety goggles and a respirator (gas mask) to stop me from breathing any powder in and I have to run all my experiments in fume hoods so everything is contained