International exchange of emergency phase information and assessments: an aid to national/international decision makers

This paper discusses a collaborative project (1) to demonstrate the feasibility and benefit of a system seeking early review, in a ‘quasi peer review’ mode, of nuclear accident plume and dose assessment predictions by four major international nuclear accident emergency response systems before releas...

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Published in:Radiation protection dosimetry 2004-01, Vol.109 (1-2), p.133-136
Main Authors: Sullivan, Thomas J., Chino, Masamichi, Ehrhardt, Joachim, Shershakov, Vyacheslav
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Decision Support Systems, Management - organization & administration
Disaster Planning - methods
Disaster Planning - organization & administration
Emergencies
Environmental Monitoring - methods
Information Dissemination - methods
Information Storage and Retrieval - methods
International Cooperation
Internet
Power Plants
Public Policy
Radiation Dosage
Radiation Protection - methods
Radioactive Fallout - analysis
Radioactive Hazard Release
Radiometry - methods
Risk Assessment - methods
Risk Factors
Safety Management - methods
Safety Management - organization & administration
Software
Systems Integration
User-Computer Interface
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Summary:This paper discusses a collaborative project (1) to demonstrate the feasibility and benefit of a system seeking early review, in a ‘quasi peer review’ mode, of nuclear accident plume and dose assessment predictions by four major international nuclear accident emergency response systems before release of calculations to respective national authorities followed by (2) sharing these results with responsible national/international authorities, (3) development of an affordable/accessible system to distribute results to countries without prediction capabilities and (4) utilisation for exercises and collaboration studies. The project exploits Internet browser technology and low-cost PC hardware, incorporates an Internet node, with access control, for depositing a minimal set of XML-based graphics files for presentation in an identical map format. Side-by-side viewing and televideo conferencing will permit rapid evaluation, data elaboration and recalculation (if necessary) and should produce strong consensus among decision makers. Successful completion affords easy utilisation by national/international organisations and non-nuclear states at risk of trans-boundary incursion.
ISSN:0144-8420
1742-3406
DOI:10.1093/rpd/nch241