title: International exchange of emergency phase information and assessments: an aid to national/international decision makers.
abstract: This paper discusses a collaborative project (1) to demonstrate the feasibility and benefit of a system seeking early review, in a 'quasi peer review' mode, of nuclear accident plume and dose assessment predictions by four major international nuclear accident emergency response systems before release of calculations to respective national authorities followed by (2) sharing these results with responsible national/international authorities, (3) development of an affordable/accessible system to distribute results to countries without prediction capabilities and (4) utilisation for exercises and collaboration studies. The project exploits Internet browser technology and low-cost PC hardware, incorporates an Internet node, with access control, for depositing a minimal set of XML-based graphics files for presentation in an identical map format. Side-by-side viewing and televideo conferencing will permit rapid evaluation, data elaboration and recalculation (if necessary) and should produce strong consensus among decision makers. Successful completion affords easy utilisation by national/international organisations and non-nuclear states at risk of trans-boundary incursion.
authors.affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center, L-103, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94551-0808, USA. sullivan3@llnl.gov
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.forename: Masamichi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chino
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ehrhardt
authors.forename: Vyacheslav
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Shershakov
mesh_terms: D003660:Decision Support Systems, Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D004630:Emergencies; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods; D007391:International Cooperation; D020407:Internet; D011210:Power Plants; D011640:Public Policy; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000379:methods*; D011847:Radioactive Fallout / Q000032:analysis; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods*; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D012984:Software; D018511:Systems Integration; D014584:User-Computer Interface
chemical_list: D011847:Radioactive Fallout