Nuclear terrorism and national preparedness. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Samuel Apikyan and David Diamond.
• Editors: Apikyan, Samuel; Diamond, David
• Other Names: NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Preparedness for Nuclear and Radiological Threats
• Contents: Part 1: Response and Recovery -- Preparing for the Aftermath of a Nuclear Detonation: an Analytic Framework for Disaster Management -- Response Tactics for the First 100 Minutes after the Outdoor Detonation of an Explosive Radiological Dispersal Device -- Operational Framework for Recovery from an Attack Involving a Radiological Dispersal Device/Improvised Nuclear Device -- Responding to Nuclear Terrorism: Is Training of First Responders at Sites of Nuclear Disasters Enhancing their Preparedness for Incidents Involving Nuclear and Radioactive Material? -- Urban Response to CBRNE: Multi-Service, Multi-Jurisdictional, Complete Response to Terror Events -- Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute: R & D, Training, Crisis Response. Accomplishments, Opportunities and Policy Questions -- Part 2: Detection and Protection -- Rad/Nuc Detection Standards and Conformity Assessment Program -- New Opportunities of Portal Monitors with Plastic Scintillation Detectors (Asia-New. New Advanced Source Identification Algorithm) -- Mobile Units for Characterization of Contaminated Sites -- Real-Time Isotope Identification and Mapping Capabilities of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Airborne Spectral Photometric Environmental Collection Technology -- Radnet National Air Monitoring Program -- Radiological Emergency Response and Preparedness at the Remote Sensing Laboratory -- Evaluation, Improvement and Guidance for the Use of Local-Scale Emergency Prediction and Response Tools for Airborne Hazards in Built Environments. Cost Action Es100 -- A European Experience -- Part 3: Prevention and Mitigation -- Focusing on the Threats to the Detriment of the Vulnerabilities: A Vulnerability Assessor's Perspective; R.G. Johnston -- Preventing, Controlling and Mitigating Radiological Consequences -- Nuclear Preparedness through a National Pre-Event Public Information Campaign -- The Romanian Management System for Nuclear and Radiological Emergencies -- Part 4: Radiation, Associated Risks and Public Health -- Initiative to Enhance Radiological Resilience; K. Vetter -- Societal Consequences of Nuclear Accidents -- Another Cost of 9/11 -- Assessment of Dose and Risk for Public from Potential Exposure Using WINMACCS and JRODOS Codes -- Novel Approaches to Radiation Diagnostics for Population Screening and Incident Triage -- Radiation Injury Treatment Network: A Model for Medical Preparedness for a Mass Casualty Radiation Incident -- Radiation Dose Assessment by Using Lymphocyte Counts.
• Publisher Details: Dordrecht : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (ix, 263 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 363.325/5; Nuclear terrorism -- Prevention -- Congresses; Emergency management -- Congresses; Emergency management; Nuclear terrorism -- Prevention; Technology - General; Industrial & Management Engineering; Engineering & Applied Sciences; Mechanical Engineering; Physics; Security Science and Technology; Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection; Nuclear Engineering; Electronic books; Conference papers and proceedings
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789401798914; 9401798915; 9401798907; 9789401798907
• Related ISBNs: 9789401798907; 9789401799355
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 13, 2015).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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