Incidents and emergencies

In any radiological incident or emergency, the main aim must be to minimise exposures and the spread of contamination. Pre-planning against possible incidents is essential and suitable first aid facilities should be provided. Where significant quantities of radioactive substances are to be kept, procedures for dealing with fires should be discussed in advance with the local fire service. 

Spills should be dealt with immediately and appropriate monitoring of the person and of surfaces should be carried out. Anyone who cuts or 

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Methods for dealing with accidents, incidents, and emergency situations, investigating their cause, and preventing recurrence... 

For present purposes, it is convenient to replace hi and n2 by avg, an over-all average for incident and emergent beams. From Equation 6-1,... 

Let us examine this iron series quantitatively. The mass absorption coefficients for the incident and emergent beams will have the form... 

Step 7 Prepare plans and procedures to deal with accidents, incidents, and emergencies... 

A continuously manned location for receiving and acting on reported incidents and emergencies. 

A reporting system for personnel to report incidents and emergencies to the manned station. This could include an "alarm pull-box" system, plant telephones, or radios. 

NPTN is based at Oregon State University and is cooperatively sponsored by the University and EPA. NPTN serves as a source of objective, science-based pesticide information on a wide range of pesticide-related topics, such as recognition and management of pesticide poisonings, safety information, health and environmental effects, referrals for investigation of pesticide incidents and emergency treatment for both humans and animals, and cleanup and disposal procedures. 

Here m and h are the electron mass and Planck s constant, 6in and 90Ut the polar angles of incidence and emergence, A the surface area and ns the number of vibrational quanta present (following the Bose-Einstein statistics) N is the number of unit cells of the surface, the frequency of the vibrational mode and... 

The use of radiation dispersal devices, commonly referred to as dirty bombs, is particularly concerning for disaster planning and emergency preparedness personnel. An RDD is an explosive device designed to spread radioactive material without a nuclear explosion (Briggs Brinsfield, 2003). The initial blast from the explosion can kill or inflict mechanical trauma on those who are close in proximity to the explosion while the radioactive material is dispersed. Please refer to chapter 27, Radiological Incidents and Emergencies, for further information on decontamination, radiation sickness, and personal protective measures. 

Radiological incidents and emergencies are any such events involving exposure of patients and/or emergency workers to radiation or radioactivity. A radiological incident is any instance in which people or the environment are exposed to radiation or radioactivity through accident or misuse (including deliberate misuse). A radio-... 

The public, emergency responders, and medical personnel often respond inappropriately to radiological incidents and emergencies, owing to widespread misunderstanding of the risks posed by radiation and radioactivity. In particular, members of the public often panic and tend to attribute all real and perceived health problems to the effects of radiation. Emergency response personnel sometimes hesitate to approach the scene of... 

The PHN stationed at the health department should prepare for the dissemination of accurate information to the public-at-large. (See chapter 27, Radiological Incidents and Emergencies, for further discussion.)... 

Therefore, to observe only the effect caused by the substance of interest, all other factors have to be eliminated. This is normally achieved by the use of two matched cells. By comparison of the energy of the incident and emergent beams from these matched cells, the extent of light absorbed by the sample of interest (or analyte) can be expressed in terms of a quantity called absorbance. ... 

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