Play in "STEP to Safety"

Chornobyl Research and Development Institute has created the video game ION for the information campaign "KROK do Bezpeky" (STEP to Safety), which is implemented with the support of the U.S. Department of State and the Oakridge National Laboratory (USA).

"When planning the information campaign, we were convinced that we need to communicate not only with adults, but also with children and adolescents. The talks may have the opposite effect, when it comes to the danger, the scale of which children due to their perception and experience are not yet able to comprehend. Arrogant instructions from adults - this may be correct from the point of view of adults themselves, but are perceived negatively by teenagers and youth. So, we decided that we needed to speak with the audience of teenagers and high school students with the language of the game.

We came up with a hero - a teenager Ion, who is interested in the world around him, explores it and looks for ionizing radiation sources. During virtual journeys, Ion will have to face fierce enemies: alpha, beta, gamma and neutron radiation. To defeat them one needs not only agility and intelligence, but also knowledge. In this way, we teach children, acquaint them with the potential danger, with ways to protect against it, the rules of behavior and response, fixing in the child's mind behavioral reactions. I am sure that it will benefit everyone. To parents, which will be educated by their children about the rules of conduct with IRS. To the children who will grow up and become parents themselves and will pass on the experience to their children.

The game turned out to be very interesting and dynamic. I hope that everyone who wants to get new impressions and knowledge will admire and enjoy it, "commented Olena Salnyk, the head of the "KROK do Bezpeky" project.

  You can download the game here:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=institute.chornobyl.ion

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1520410692

Play here: https://krok.uatom.org/videogra-ion/