Radiation safety: protection and management for homeland security and emergency response

This book is meant to be comprehensive safety book on radiation protection, with an emphasis on homeland security. Pertaining to homeland security, this book provides a detailed understanding of how to detect radioactive materials being smuggled into the country by monitoring critical points in the supply chain, from entry at a port to transfer of materials to rail or truck. The book details what to do if radioactive material is found, by clearly explaining the procedures laid out by FEMA in National Incident Management System. Burchfieldsbook explains how first responders and emergency workers should prepare for incidents if port security is breached. The book gives instruction on how to deal with a radiological event - not only from a first responder / emergency worker point of view, but also with an explanation of the heath care facilities role in radiological events. Since many responses to a radiological events cause by terrorism are similar to other possible events (such as industrial and medical radiation incidents, transportation accidents, and releases from fixed nuclear sources), this book will cover the appropriate response for these typesof scenarios.

• ISBN: 978-0-471-79333-5
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 287
• Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés