We assessed the influence of the Fukushima nuclear accident (FNA) on the Chinese public's attitude and acceptance of nuclear power plants in China. Two surveys (before and after the FNA) were administered to separate subsamples of residents near the Tianwan nuclear power plant in Lianyungang, China. A structural equation model was constructed to describe the public acceptance of nuclear power a...

BACKGROUND Medical students have been deployed in victim care of several disasters throughout history. They are corner stones in first-line care in recent pandemic planning. Furthermore, every physician and senior medical student is expected to assist in case of disaster situations, but are they educated to do so? Being one of Europe's densest populated countries with multiple nuclear installat...

OBJECTIVES To assess current medical staffing levels within the Hospital Referral System in the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa, and analyze the surge capacity needs to prepare for the potential of a conventional mass casualty incident during a planned mass gathering. METHODS Query of all available medical databases of both state employees and private medical personn...

introduction: hospitals are often considered to be the forefront of countering incidents, some of which result from a wide range of incidents including industrial accidents, natural outbreaks of disease, and regional accidents called chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (cbrn) accidents. this study was conducted to assess the level of preparedness, capacity, and capability of respond...

Incident analysis is an important activity to maintain the safety of nuclear power plants. Much discussion is required to utilize the collected incidents effectively in the incident analysis activity. On-line Computer Mediated Communication(CMC) activity is an appropriate circumstance for geographically dispersed workers in nuclear power plants to discuss about the incident analysis. Some studi...

Radiological disasters can takemany forms. While they all share a general hazard—radioactive contamination— it is important for policymakers to understand how radiological incidents differ from each other in order to make more informed decisions about preparedness and response. This brief provides a general overview of 3 different types of radiological disasters: a terrorist nuclear detonation ...