Guide for All-Hazard Emergency Operations Planning

Guide for All-Hazard Emergency Operations Planning
Author: Kay C. Goss
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 277
Release: 1998-05
Genre:
ISBN: 078814829X

Meant to aid State & local emergency managers in their efforts to develop & maintain a viable all-hazard emergency operations plan. This guide clarifies the preparedness, response, & short-term recovery planning elements that warrant inclusion in emergency operations plans. It offers the best judgment & recommendations on how to deal with the entire planning process -- from forming a planning team to writing the plan. Specific topics of discussion include: preliminary considerations, the planning process, emergency operations plan format, basic plan content, functional annex content, hazard-unique planning, & linking Federal & State operations.

Method for Developing Arrangements for Response to a Nuclear Or Radiological Emergency

Method for Developing Arrangements for Response to a Nuclear Or Radiological Emergency
Author: International Atomic Energy Agency. Radiation Safety Section
Publisher: IAEA
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2003
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

This publication provides a practical resource for emergency planning, and fulfils, in part, functions assigned to the IAEA in the Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency. If used effectively, it will help users to develop a capability to adequately respond to a nuclear or radiological emergency.

Radiation protection

Radiation protection
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Energy, Nuclear Proliferation, and Federal Services
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1236
Release: 1979
Genre: Ionizing radiation
ISBN:

Indexes

Indexes
Author: United States. Environmental Protection Agency
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1760
Release: 1983
Genre:
ISBN:

Distribution and Administration of Potassium Iodide in the Event of a Nuclear Incident

Distribution and Administration of Potassium Iodide in the Event of a Nuclear Incident
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2003-12-17
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0309166691

Radioactive iodines are produced during the operation of nuclear power plants and during the detonation of nuclear weapons. In the event of a radiation incident, radioiodine is one of the contaminants that could be released into the environment. Exposure to radioiodine can lead to radiation injury to the thyroid, including thyroid cancer. Radiation to the thyroid from radioiodine can be limited by taking a nonradioactive iodine (stable iodine) such as potassium iodide. This book assesses strategies for the distribution and administration of potassium iodide (KI) in the event of a nuclear incident. The report says that potassium iodide pills should be available to everyone age 40 or youngerâ€"especially children and pregnant and lactating womenâ€"living near a nuclear power plant. States and municipalities should decide how to stockpile, distribute, and administer potassium iodide tablets, and federal agencies should keep a backup supply of tablets and be prepared to distribute them to affected areas.