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Potential Radiation Exposure in Military Operations

Protecting the Soldier Before, During, and After

By: Institute of Medicine,Committee on Battlefield Radiation Exposure Criteria

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Potential Radiation Exposure in Military Operations

Protecting the Soldier Before, During, and After

By: Institute of Medicine,Committee on Battlefield Radiation Exposure Criteria

In 1996, NATO issued guidance for the exposure of military personnel to radiation doses different from occupational dose levels, but not high enough to cause acute health effects-and in doing so set policy in a new arena. Scientific and technological developments now permit small groups or individuals to use, or threaten to use, destructive devices (nuclear, biological, chemical, and cyber-based weaponry, among others) targeted anywhere in the world. Political developments, such as the loss of political balance once afforded by competing superpowers, have increased the focus on regional and subregional disputes. What doctrine should guide decisionmaking regarding the potential exposure of troops to radiation in this changed theater of military operations? In 1995, the Office of the U.S. Army Surgeon General asked the Medical Follow-up Agency of the Institute of Medicine to provide advice. This report is the final product of the Committee on Battlefield Radiation Exposure Criteria convened for that purpose. In its 1997 interim report, Evaluation of Radiation Exposure Guidance for Military Operations, the committee addressed the technical aspects of the NATO directive. In this final report, the committee reiterates that discussion and places it in an ethical context.

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0309064392

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Potential Radiation Exposure in Military Operations

Protecting the Soldier Before, During, and After

By: Committee on Battlefield Radiation Exposure Criteria,Institute of Medicine

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Protecting the Soldier Before, During, and After

By: Committee on Battlefield Radiation Exposure Criteria,Institute of Medicine

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0309073928

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Potential Radiation Exposure in Military Operations

Protecting the Soldier Before, During, and After

By: Institute of Medicine,Committee on Battlefield Radiation Exposure Criteria

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Protecting the Soldier Before, During, and After

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Assessing Medical Preparedness to Respond to a Terrorist Nuclear Event

Workshop Report

By: Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on Medical Preparedness for a Terrorist Nuclear Event

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Assessing Medical Preparedness to Respond to a Terrorist Nuclear Event

Workshop Report

By: Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Committee on Medical Preparedness for a Terrorist Nuclear Event

A nuclear attack on a large U.S. city by terrorists-even with a low-yield improvised nuclear device (IND) of 10 kilotons or less-would cause a large number of deaths and severe injuries. The large number of injured from the detonation and radioactive fallout that would follow would be overwhelming for local emergency response and health care systems to rescue and treat, even assuming that these systems and their personnel were not themselves incapacitated by the event. The United States has been struggling for some time to address and plan for the threat of nuclear terrorism and other weapons of mass destruction that terrorists might obtain and use. The Department of Homeland Security recently contracted with the Institute of Medicine to hold a workshop, summarized in this volume, to assess medical preparedness for a nuclear detonation of up to 10 kilotons. This book provides a candid and sobering look at our current state of preparedness for an IND, and identifies several key areas in which we might begin to focus our national efforts in a way that will improve the overall level of preparedness.

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0309143969

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Evaluation of Guidelines for Exposures to Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on Evaluation of EPA Guidelines for Exposure to Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials

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Evaluation of Guidelines for Exposures to Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on Evaluation of EPA Guidelines for Exposure to Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials

Naturally occurring radionuclides are found throughout the earth's crust, and they form part of the natural background of radiation to which all humans are exposed. Many human activities-such as mining and milling of ores, extraction of petroleum products, use of groundwater for domestic purposes, and living in houses-alter the natural background of radiation either by moving naturally occurring radionuclides from inaccessible locations to locations where humans are present or by concentrating the radionuclides in the exposure environment. Such alterations of the natural environment can increase, sometimes substantially, radiation exposures of the public. Exposures of the public to naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) that result from human activities that alter the natural environment can be subjected to regulatory control, at least to some degree. The regulation of public exposures to such technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive materials (TENORM) by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other regulatory and advisory organizations is the subject of this study by the National Research Council's Committee on the Evaluation of EPA Guidelines for Exposures to Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials.

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0309183995

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Potential Radiation Exposure in Military Operations

Potential Radiation Exposure in Military Operations

Potential Radiation Exposure in Military Operations

Potential Radiation Exposure in Military Operations

Potential Radiation Exposure in Military Operations

Potential Radiation Exposure in Military Operations

Assessing Medical Preparedness to Respond to a Terrorist Nuclear Event

Assessing Medical Preparedness to Respond to a Terrorist Nuclear Event

Evaluation of Guidelines for Exposures to Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials

Evaluation of Guidelines for Exposures to Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials

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