Supplemental Operational Guidance for Minimizing Potential Inhalation Doses to Workers and Volunteers at Community Reception Centers and Public Shelters.
John Mauro, Joseph Porrovecchio, William Amann, Stephen Marschke, Michael S Brightwell, Ron Davison, Duane DeMore, Amy Mangel, Lynn Anspaugh, Adela Salame-Alfie, Armin Ansari
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Abstract: In the event of a nuclear explosion in an urban environment, contaminated persons may be directed to Community Reception Centers (CRC) and/or public shelters. This paper is a companion document to a previous paper that addresses the inhalation hazard to workers at a CRC from resuspension of fallout from the evacuees. To limit the inhalation hazard evacuees must be screened to prevent severely contaminated persons from entering a CRC. The suggested screening level is 10,000 dpm cm-2 and rapid methods of screening arriving evacuees are presented. Practical advice is provided on methods that can be used to limit contamination within a CRC. These methods include alterations to heating and cooling systems and the implementation of monitoring strategies to guard against unexpected increases in airborne activity levels.
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Health Physics, first published in 1958, provides the latest research to a wide variety of radiation safety professionals including health physicists, nuclear chemists, medical physicists, and radiation safety officers with interests in nuclear and radiation science. The Journal allows professionals in these and other disciplines in science and engineering to stay on the cutting edge of scientific and technological advances in the field of radiation safety. The Journal publishes original papers, technical notes, articles on advances in practical applications, editorials, and correspondence. Journal articles report on the latest findings in theoretical, practical, and applied disciplines of epidemiology and radiation effects, radiation biology and radiation science, radiation ecology, and related fields.
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