Return to normality after a radiological emergency.
Some preliminary considerations from the management of post-accident situations connected to large scale and high land contamination are presented. The return to normal, or at least acceptable living conditions, as soon as reasonably achievable, and the prevention of the possible emergence of a post-accident crisis is of key importance. A scheme is proposed for understanding the dynamics of the various phases after an accident. An attempt is made to characterize some of the parameters driving the acceptability of post-accident situations. Strategies to return to normal living conditions in contaminated areas are considered.
Lochard
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Centre d'étude sur l'Evaluation de la Protection dans le domaine Nucléaire (CEPN), Fontenay-Aux-Roses, France.
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D000059:Accidents; D006801:Humans; D009688:Nuclear Reactors; D011835:Radiation Protection; D014455:Ukraine