Bibliography of Radiation Protection Legislation and Standards
Emergency Planning and Emergency Response
Principal Legislation
Regulations
Standards and Guidance
Other sources of information
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
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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
Revised August 2005
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