title: A United States perspective on long-term management of areas contaminated with radioactive materials.
abstract: The US has far-reaching and extensive experience in the long-term management of areas contaminated with radioactive materials. This experience base includes the Department of Energy's continued follow-up with Hiroshima and Nagasaki from the 1940s at the Radiological Effects Research Foundation in Hiroshima, Japan, the long-term management of the Marshall Islands Programme, the clean-up of the US nuclear weapons complex and the ongoing management of accident sites such as in Palomares, Spain. This paper discusses the lessons learnt and best practices gained from this far-reaching and extensive experience in the long-term management of areas contaminated with radioactive materials.
authors.affiliation: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Unites States Department of Energy, Washington DC, USA. rick.jones@eh.doe.gov
authors.forename: C Rick
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D003660:Decision Support Systems, Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D003666:Decontamination / Q000379:methods*; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004630:Emergencies; D005060:Europe; D009688:Nuclear Reactors; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000379:methods*; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D011850:Radioactive Waste / Q000517:prevention & control; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D011850:Radioactive Waste