Managing Nuclear Accidents: A Model Emergency Response Plan For Power Plants And Communities

by Dominic Golding

Overview

In 1986, the Three Mile Island Public Health Fund commissioned a national team of researchers to prepare an alternative emergency plan for the region around the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. This nontechnical book, addressed to emergency workers, the public and policymakers, presents the results of their research in the form of a bold plan that is applicable to any nuclear plant emergency. It builds on the principles that local knowledge is valuable, not unsophisticated, that communities are adaptive, not inflexible, and that information must be made available and accessible to the people who most need it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367157838
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/13/2023
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dominic Golding (Author) , Jeanne X Kasperson (Author)

Table of Contents

Preamble; the plan in context; objectives; nuclear accidents and their effects; the organization of emergency planning and response; accident evaluation; the emergency information system; short-term protective actions; long-term protective actions; maintaining effective preparedness.

Editorial Reviews

The report of a study commissioned in 1986 by the Three Mile Island Public Health Fund to propose a plan for nuclear emergencies in that immediate region. The nontechnical plan the researchers came up with can be applied anywhere for public safety during any nuclear power plant emergency. Recommends giving the public a lot more credit, and a lot more information. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews