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Emergency Exposure Situations: IAEA Safety Standards andGuidance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2013

E. Buglova ,
T. McKenna  and
V. Kutkov

Abstract

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The Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC) of the International Atomic Emergency Agency(IAEA) is the global focal point for preparedness and response to nuclear and radiologicalincidents and emergencies irrespective of their cause. In the area of preparedness theCentre continuously works to develop standards and guidance for strengthening MemberStates’ preparedness; practical tools and training programs to assist Member States inpromptly applying the standards and guidance; and organizes a variety of training eventsand exercises. This paper provides an overview of the information presented in the IAEASafety Standards and Guidance in the area of emergency preparedness and response.

Keywords

International Atomic Emergency AgencyemergencypreparednessresponseIncident and Emergency Centre
Type
Research Article
Information
Radioprotection , Volume 48 , Issue 5: First NERIS Platform Workshop – Preparedness fornuclear and radiological emergency response and recovery: Implementation of ICRPrecommendations , 2013 , pp. S73 - S78
Copyright
© EDP Sciences, 2013

References

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