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Bibliography of Radiation Protection Legislation and Standards

Emergency Planning and Emergency Response

Principal Legislation
Regulations
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Principal Legislation

The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

The Nuclear Installations Act 1965 (as amended) (for Licensed Nuclear Sites)

The Civil Contingences Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) Regulations 2005
 

Regulations

The Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001 (SI 2001 No. 2975) (REPPIR)

The Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999 (SI 1999 No. 3232) (IRR99) Regulation 12

The Civil Contingences Act 2004 (Contingency Planning) Regulations 2005

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Standards and Guidance

Enhancing international requirements and strengthening national planning for preparedness for, and response to, nuclear and radiological emergencies, May 2005 IAEA Publications - Details

A guide to the Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001, HSE Books L126, ISBN 0-7176-2240-1

Covers sites and transport by rail only. Road, air, marine and inland waterways transport are/will be covered by other regulations. Regulation 3  is not revoked by REPPIR (concerns transport by road, inland waterway, sea or air) This regulation will be revoked when DLTR modal transport legislation is amended.

Revised Basic Safety Standards, Council Directive 96/29/Euratom OJ No.L159, 29.6.96

Control of Major Hazards Directive 96/82/EC

Model Site Licence Condition 11 - Emergency Arrangements

IAEA Planning and preparing for emergency response to transport accidents involving radioactive material. Safety Guide Safety Standards Series No. TS-G-1.2 (ST-3) Dec 2001

DTI Energy - Nuclear Emergency Response Arrangements  Civil Nuclear Emergency Response Sheets (2000) dti: Energy - Nuclear - Safety and security - Emergency response arrangements - Civil nuclear emergency response factsheets

Planning for Major Incidents, NHS guidance 1998 : The Department of Health - P&G: Emergency planning

ICRP 82: Principles for Protection of the Public in Situations of Prolonged Exposure

IAEA Guidelines for agricultural countermeasures following accidental release of radionuclides. Technical Reports Series No. 363, 1994

UK Recovery Handbook for Radiation Incidents, HPA-RPD-002 2005

Protection of On-site Personnel in the event of a Radiation Accident, Document of NRPB, Vol 16, No. 1

Guidance on the Application of ERLs in Emergency Planning and Response Docs NRPB, 8, No 1 1997 Intervention for
Recovery After Accidents; Application of Emergency Reference Levels of Dose in Emergency Planning and Response;
Identification and Investigation of Abnormally High Gamma Dose Rates

Requirements for Radiation Monitoring Co-ordination following a Nuclear Accident, NEPLG Guidance, Oct 1997

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Other sources of information

A Guide to the COMAH Regulations 1999,  Guidance on Regulations 1999 HSE Books L111 ISBN 0-7176–1604-5

ACOP Work with ionizing radiation, HSE Books, L121 ISBN 0-7176-1746-7

National Arrangements for Incidents involving Radioactivity (NAIR), Handbook 2002 Edition, NRPB Report - W7 NAIR Technical Handbook 2002 Edition: Technical Handbook on the National Arrangements for Incidents Involving Radioactivity

Home Office “Dealing With Disaster” (Third Edition) HMSO 1997 ISBN 185-893-9208

RIMNET (Radioactive Incident Monitoring Network) Defra, UK - Environmental Protection - Radioactivity

Calculation of Resuspension Doses for Emergency Response, NRPB Report – W1

Board Statement on Emergency Reference Levels. Docs NRPB, 1, No 4 1990

IAEA Planning for cleanup of large areas contaminated as a result of nuclear accident. Technical Reports Series No. 327 (1991)

Procedures for Recovery Following a Severe Accident at a Civil UK Nuclear Site, NEPLG No 13

Local Authority and Emergency Services Information DS&C-Nuclear Accident Response

Revised Generalised Derived Constraints for Radioisotopes of Strontium, Ruthenium, Iodine, Caesium, Plutonium, Americium and Curium. Docs NRPB, 11, No 2 2000

Datasheets on Countermeasures and WasteDisposal Options for the Management of Food production Systems Contaminated following a Nuclear Accident. NRPB – W58, May 2004.

Generalised Derived Constraints for Radioisotopes of Polonium, Lead, Radium and Uranium. Docs of NRPB Vol 13, No 2 2002

Generalised Derived Limits for Isotopes of Hydrogen, Carbon, Phophorus, Sulphur, Chromium, Manganese, Cobalt, Zinc, Sleelenium, Technicium, Antimony, Thorium and Neptunium. Document of NRPB, Vol 16, No.3 (2005)

Radiological Protection Objectives for Land Contaminated with Radionuclides. Docs NRPB, 9, No 2 1998

Review of Decontamination and Clean-up Techniques for Use in the UK Following Accidental Releases of Radioactivity to the Environment. DOE/RAS/96.009 (NRPB, R-288) 1997

Stable Iodine Prophylaxis Recommendations of the 2nd UK Working Group. Docs NRPB, 12, No 3 2001

Mandatory Community Food Intervention Levels (CFILs)  (See Food Standards Bibliography)

Guidance on Restrictions on Food and Water Following a Radiological Accident. Docs NRPB, 5, No 1 1994

Evaluation of the Applicability of Agricultural Countermeasures for Use in the UK, NRPB Contract Report NRPB-M551 (1995)

Options for the Management of Foodstuffs Contaminated as a Result of a Nuclear Accident, NRPB-R295 (1997)

Derivation of Working Levels for Animal Foodstuffs of Use in the Event of a Future Nuclear Accident NRPB-R299 (1998)

Development of Strategies for Responding to Environmental Contamination Incidents Involving Radioactivity: UK Agriculture and Food Countermeasures Working Group 1997-2000, NRPB-R331 (2001)

Emergency Data Handbook, N P McColl and S L Prosser NRPB-W19 2002

For further information relating to Food Intervention Levels see Food Standards Bibliography

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Other useful sources of information

DEFRA website

Home Office website for emergency and contingency planning

Environment Agency website: Environment Agency - Nuclear Industry

Acts of parliament and Statutory Instruments

Safegrounds: a CIRIA network, contaminated land

European legislation: Directory of Community legislation

IAEA Standards and Guidance IAEA Publications

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