Larry A. Burchfield

Radiation Safety (eBook, PDF)

Protection and Management for Homeland Security and Emergency Response

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

* Pertaining to homeland security, this title is a comprehensive guide to radiation protection caused by accidents or terrorism * Provides essential strategies and guidance for protecting ports and examines the latest nuclear detection devices that can be deployed * Explains the procedures in FEMA's "National Incident Management System" * Gives specific details for first responders and emergency workers on how to prepare for and handle radiological incidents

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470495773
• Artikelnr.: 37292975

Autorenporträt

LARRY A. BURCHFIELD is the cofounder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of the Radiochemistry Society, as well as an Adjunct Professor at Washington State University. He has over twenty years of research and laboratory experience and authored several publications.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Foreword. Acknowledgments. 1 Nuclear Fear - The Godzilla of All
Fears. 1.1 The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 1.2 Nuclear Fallout in
America. 1.3 WMDs: Witnesses of Mass Destruction. 1.4 Fear and the Film
Industry. 1.5 Celluloid Spies. 1.6 Atomic Nature Run Amok. 1.7 Post-War
Nuclear Reactions. 1.8 The Specter of Cold War. 1.9 The Fearful Fifties.
1.10 Dr. Strangelove & Learning to Love the Bomb. 1.11 Nuclear Terror
Revisited. 1.12 Chernobyl's Impact on Contemporary Views of Nuclear Energy.
1.13 The Myth of the Lone Madman. 1.14 Fear of an Unknown Atom. 2 Terrorism
and Nuclear Fire. 2.1 A Prophetic Warning. 2.2 History of Terrorism. 2.3
Terrorism (Un)Defined. 2.4 Legal Taxonomy of Terrorism. 2.5 The Defining
Principles of Terrorism. 2.6 Nation States: The Fuel for Nuclear Fire. 2.7
Global Mass Media: The Oxygen of Terrorism. 2.8 Extremists Groups: The
Spark that Ignites Terrorism. 2.9 Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate
Nightmare. 3 Radiation and Radioactivity Concepts. 3.1 What, Exactly, Is
Radiation? 3.2 Units of Radioactivity. 3.3 The Different Types of
Radioactive Decay. 3.4 Measuring Radioactivity. 3.5 Environmental
Radiation. 3.6 Radiation from Nuclear Power Plants. 3.7 The Benefits of
Radiation on Health and Medicine. 3.8 The Benefits of Radiation on
Agriculture. 3.9 The Benefits of Radiation on Industry. 3.10 The Benefits
of Radiation on National Security. 3.11 The Benefits of Radiological and
Nuclear Material on International Security. 4 Nuclear Countermeasures and
Nuclear Security. 4.1 Security of Radiation Sources. 4.2 Atomic
Authorization. 4.3 Safety of Radiation Sources. 4.4 Enforcing International
Standards of Safety. 4.5 Meeting Global Needs for Energy. 4.6 Difficulties
of Radioactive Disposal. 4.7 A Radiation Role Model. 4.8 Nuclear
Applications to Increase Public Safety and National Security. 4.9 Current
Nuclear and Radiation Countermeasures. 5 Nuclear Events and Incidents. 5.1
The Search for Nuclear Substances. 5.2 Diplomatic Reasoning. 5.3 Inferring
Nuclear Intent. 5.4 Nuclear Arms in the Wrong Hands. 5.5 A More Active
Defense. 5.6 Should Diplomacy Fail. 5.7 A Closer Look at Nuclear Weapons.
5.8 Nuclear Blast Force. 5.9 Nuclear Thermal Force. 5.10 Radioactive Force.
5.11 Radiological Dispersion Devices. 6 Radiological Incidents Management
and Planning. 6.1 Threat Assessment. 6.2 Medical Stockpiling. 6.3 Medical
Development. 6.4 Readying the Response Infrastructure. 6.5 Evaluating the
Medical Countermeasure Enterprise. 6.6 The Good News: Areas of Improvement.
6.7 Protective Action Guidelines. 6.8 The Role of the Military in a
Radiological Emergency. 7 Role of the First Responder. 7.1 Structure of the
First Response Team's Patterns of Action. 7.2 Role of the First Response
Team. 7.3 Protection of Responders and the Public. 7.4 Lessons Learned from
First Response to Past Emergencies. 7.5 Manage the Medical Response. 7.6
Manage Criminal and Terrorist Threats After a Radiological Event. 7.7
Launching the First Response. 7.8 Incident Command. 7.9 Members of the
First Response Team. 7.10 Preliminary Assessment and Response. 7.11
Emergency Response Team. 7.12 Incident Commander Action Guide. 7.13
Resource Coordinator Action Guide. 7.14 Fire Departments Action Guide. 7.15
Emergency Medical Service Action Guide. 7.16 Law Enforcement/Security Team
Action Guide. 7.17 Forensic Evidence Management Team Action Guide. 7.18
Public Information Officer Action Guide. 7.19 Crisis Communication Tips.
7.20 Local Hospital Action Guide. 7.21 National EOC Action Guide. 7.22
First Responder Monitor Action Guide. 8 Action Plans. 8.1 Assess Hazard and
Establish Security Area. 8.2 Personnel Protection Guidelines. 8.3 Public
Protection Guidelines. 8.4 Public Registration. 8.5 Monitor the Public and
Responders. 8.6 Public Decontamination. 8.7 Response Contamination Control.
8.8 Monitoring and Decontamination of Vehicles and Equipment. 8.9 Field
Triage for Mass Casualties. 9 Medical Treatment of Radiological Injuries.
9.1 The Radiological Effects of RDDs. 9.2 Radioactivity and Its Impact on
the Body. 9.3 Symptoms and Syndromes. 9.4 Emergency Assessment. 9.5 Signs
of Dangerous Radiation Dosages. 9.6 Treatments for Radiation Exposure. 9.7
Post-Radiation Procedures. 9.8 Psychological Side Effects. 9.9
Psychological First Aid. 9.10 Treating Terror. 10 Cleanup and
Decontamination after a Radiological Incident. 10.1 Differences between
Chemical, Biological and Radiological. 10.2 Decontamination Differences for
Fallout and a RDD. 10.3 Who will be in Charge of Cleanup and
Decontamination? 10.4 Radiological Cleanup Overview and Objectives. 10.5
Radiological Cleanup Decision Making. 10.6 Initial Cleanup Scoping. 10.7
Stakeholder Outreach & Stakeholder Working Group. 10.8 Evaluation of
Cleanup Options. 10.9 Specific Guidelines for Cleanup and Decontamination.
10.10 The "Do Nothing" Strategy. 10.11 Physical Removal Strategy. 10.12
Physical Entrapment Strategy. 10.13 Chemical Decontamination Strategy.
10.14 Use of Isotope Dilution for Decontamination. 10.15 Priorities for
Decontamination. 11 Conclusions. 11.1 Nuclear Terror: Are We Prepared
Internationally? 11.2 Who is Internationally Responsible for Nuclear
Countermeasures? 11.3 Nuclear Terror: Are We Prepared Nationally? 11.4 What
We Know About the Inevitable. Appendix A: Radioactive Contamination
Monitoring. Appendix B: List of Acronyms. Appendix C: Radiological Terms.
Appendix D: Radiological Attack - Radiological Dispersal Devices - Incident
Planning Guide. Appendix E: Federal Agencies Governing the Immediate
Response to a Radiological Event. Appendix F: Potential Isotopes Likely to
be Used in a Radiological Dispersion Device. Bibliography. Index.