Recovery after an Event
Time Period
- Recovery phase planning begins during intermediate phase of a response and extends post event until remediation is completed
- Phases of a response
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Response During Late Phase
- Actions no longer represent a response to "emergency situation"
- Action objectives include cleanup and site recovery, work of reducing environmental radiation levels to acceptable levels
- Phase ends when all remediation actions have been completed
- Monitoring and treatment for late medical effects will also occur during the Recovery phase
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Useful Guidance
- Application of the Commission's Recommendations to the Protection of People Living in Long-term Contaminated Areas after a Nuclear Accident or a Radiation Emergency, ICRP Publication 111, Ann ICRP 39 (3), 2009
- Planning Guidance for Response to a Nuclear Detonation (PDF - 2.62 MB) Second Edition, 6/2010, National Security Staff
- Planning Guidance for Protection and Recovery Following Radiological Dispersal Device (RDD) and Improvised Nuclear Device (IND) Incidents (PDF - 394 KB) (DHS/FEMA, published in Federal Register, August 1, 2008, Z-RIN 1660-ZA02)
- Preparing to Save Lives and Recover after a Nuclear Detoation: Imiplications for US Policy, Univ of Pittsburgh Center for Biosecurity, June 2010
- Eraker E, Clean up after a radiological attack, The Nonproliferation Review, Fall/Winter, 2004
- Disposal of Waste as Clean Up of Large Areas Contaminated as a Result of a Nuclear Accident, IAEA Technical Report Series No. 330.
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