Nuclear Preparedness

Examining the effectiveness of initial response training program for nuclear emergency preparedness

Background: Although nuclear technology has various beneficial, it also has a variety of risks. In particular, initial response is very import to respond to risks. Therefore, the program to increase initial response proficiency can be regarded as very essential. The Republic of Korea annually conducts more than 10 nuclear emergency response training programs, and specialized training courses f...

The Danish nation-wide Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Concept

A nuclear emergency response plan for Danish territory was first published in Decem-ber 1981 i. The plan focused on the Swedish Barsebäck Nuclear Power Plant and covered the Greater Copenhagen area. During the Chernobyl accident in 1986 the principles of the nuclear emergency response plan for Greater Copenhagen were used for the whole of Denmark. A full nationwide nuclear emergency response pl...

Preparedness for terrorism: managing nuclear, biological and chemical threats.

The management of nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) terrorism events is critical to reducing morbidity and mortality in the next decade; however, initial patient care considerations and protective actions for staff are unfamiliar to most front-line clinicians. High explosive events (bomb and blast) remain the most common type of terrorism and are easy to detect. Conversely, some types of t...

Disaster preparedness.

Radiological emergency preparedness: a survey of nuclear medicine technologists in the United States.

UNLABELLED Because of the increasing risk of radiological emergencies, public health agencies and first-response organizations are working to increase their capability of responding. Nuclear medicine technologists (NMTs) have expertise in certain areas, such as radiation safety, radiobiology, decontamination, and the use of radiation detection and monitoring equipment, that could be useful duri...