RWA is a Russian propaganda account, that you quote it is telling. Either way a radiometer will give you an objective instrumental answer.
> Either way a radiometer will give you an objective instrumental answer.
The moment the recorded radiations are too high is already too late, especially if you have kids, that's why we need to know about this type of things before the instrumental devices might show us that the radiation levels have crept up. So in that regard "get a geiger!" is of no practical use when it comes to protecting your closed ones.
If you feel that radiometer here would be an unjustified expense perhaps that indicates you aren't really taking this threat seriously yourself.
Yes, I was also a kid back in April 1986 living in a country bordering present-day Ukraine (in Romania), and as destiny had it a close childhood friend of mine died of leukemia in the spring of 1990 and I know directly of at least another kid that died of the same cause in the late '80s.
This is incorrect.
Radiation can be managed even after a nuclear strike and largely depends on proximity and subsequent weather patterns.
The half-life is short enough that sheltering indoors (preferably in a basement with taped windows) suffices for most scenarios.