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Regional Basic Professional Training Course in Korea

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17. Radiological Emergency Plann<strong>in</strong>g and Preparedness<br />

and Medical Sciences (KIRAMS), and the Emergency Response Facilities (ERS) of the<br />

<strong>Korea</strong> Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) Co., Ltd. as shown <strong>in</strong> Figure 1.<br />

The central government has the responsibility to control and coord<strong>in</strong>ate the<br />

countermeasures aga<strong>in</strong>st a radiological disaster. Especially, OEMC, which consists of<br />

experts dispatched from the central government, local governments and designated<br />

adm<strong>in</strong>istrative organizations, has the responsibilities to conduct a coord<strong>in</strong>ation of the<br />

management of a radiological disaster and the decision‐mak<strong>in</strong>g for the public protective<br />

actions (shelter<strong>in</strong>g, evacuation and food restrictions, etc). The OEMC actually consists of<br />

seven groups which <strong>in</strong>clude the Jo<strong>in</strong>t Public Information Center <strong>in</strong> charge of provid<strong>in</strong>g<br />

accurate and unified <strong>in</strong>formation about a radiological disaster and the OEMC Advisory<br />

Committee which provides the director of the OEMC with the relevant and up‐to‐date<br />

<strong>in</strong>formation. Also the OEMC sets up a Jo<strong>in</strong>t Radiation Monitor<strong>in</strong>g Center to coord<strong>in</strong>ate<br />

and control an off‐site radiation monitor<strong>in</strong>g system dur<strong>in</strong>g an emergency.<br />

Figure 1. Schematic Diagram of the National Radiological Emergency Response

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