Planning and Preparing for Emergency Response to transport Accidents Involving Radioactive Materials
Buy a book... In Association with Amazon.co.uk
Author(s): IAEA
Publisher: IAEA
ISBN: 9201116020
Format: softback
125pp
Price: €14.50
Review Date: 06 January 2003
Review: This safety guide provides guidance to the public authorities and others responsible for developing and establishing emergency arrangements for dealing effectively and safely with transport accidents involving radioactive materials. It provides a framework for planning and preparing for the appropriate responses to transport accidents and provides guidance on the responsibility of various agencies and individuals have in planning, preparing and actually responding to transport accidents. Finally, it lays out the steps necessary to provide an adequate response. The Appendices give details of transport regulations, the preliminary assessment for those first on the scene using the reference matrix, instrumentation for measuring the radiological hazard, emergency management, and examples of responses.