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Appendix 7
ACTION GUIDES FOR RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCIES 74
This appendix provides “action guides” for each of the radiological emergencies listed below.
These guides delineate the major response actions to be taken by selected organizational elements
shown in Figure A13-III and areas and locations shown in Figure 1. The appendix does not address
law enforcement actions, which are partially addressed in Ref. [34].
— Detection of medical symptoms of radiation exposure
— Lost dangerous source
— Theft of a dangerous source
— Recovery of an uncontrolled dangerous source
— Radiography: disconnected or damaged source
— Dangerous source in a fire
— Damaged dangerous source
— Public contamination/exposure
— Radioactive satellite re-entry
— Nuclear weapons accident
— Transport
— Serious overexposure (non medical)
— Accidental medical overexposures
— Detection of elevated radiation levels
— Credible or confirmed terrorist threats
— Non-credible terrorist threats
— Explosive radiological dispersal device (RDD)
— Intentional contamination of water supply
— Intentional contamination of food/products
74 Emergencies that fall within threat Category IV.
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