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Not prepared for this emergency. Disaster control in case of nuclear accidents. Im Ernstfall hilflos. Katastrophenschutz bei Atomunfaellen

Abstract

After the TMI reactor accident in Harrisburg, USA, in 1979 had created doubts and forebodings, the recent nuclear disaster in Chernobyl in the USSR has made it clear to everybody that the protection and safety provided for in the field of atomic energy utilization is not a perfect shield, and disasters do happen. Are we at all prepared for nuclear emergencies. The authors of the book in hand have made an analysis of the current state of disaster control services in the Federal Republic of Germany. Their conclusion is that such a disaster in our own country would hit us more or less unprepared. Organisational as well as technical deficiencies are disclosed, such as lack of NBC defence units, insufficiently equipped auxiliary hospitals, inadequate emergency plans. The authors demand that politicians stop silencing warning voices and instead tackle the problem within their competence, and provide the population living in the neighborhood of nuclear installation with the information they need, telling them what disaster control schemes and services there are, and what they are good for.
Publication Date:
Jan 01, 1986
Product Type:
Book
Reference Number:
DEN-86-011214; EDB-86-174870
Resource Relation:
Related Information: KiWi. No. 121
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; 22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; EMERGENCY PLANS; ORGANIZING; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; ALARM SYSTEMS; EVACUATION; FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY; FIRST AID; HUMAN POPULATIONS; POPULATION RELOCATION; ACCIDENTS; EUROPE; POPULATIONS; THERAPY; WESTERN EUROPE; 290600* - Energy Planning & Policy- Nuclear Energy; 220900 - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Reactor Safety
OSTI ID:
5288776
Country of Origin:
Germany
Language:
German
Submitting Site:
DEN
Size:
Pages: 235
Announcement Date:
May 13, 2001

Citation Formats

Koch, E R, and Vahrenholt, F. Not prepared for this emergency. Disaster control in case of nuclear accidents. Im Ernstfall hilflos. Katastrophenschutz bei Atomunfaellen. Germany: N. p., 1986. Web.
Koch, E R, & Vahrenholt, F. Not prepared for this emergency. Disaster control in case of nuclear accidents. Im Ernstfall hilflos. Katastrophenschutz bei Atomunfaellen. Germany.
Koch, E R, and Vahrenholt, F. 1986. "Not prepared for this emergency. Disaster control in case of nuclear accidents. Im Ernstfall hilflos. Katastrophenschutz bei Atomunfaellen." Germany.
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title = {Not prepared for this emergency. Disaster control in case of nuclear accidents. Im Ernstfall hilflos. Katastrophenschutz bei Atomunfaellen}
author = {Koch, E R, and Vahrenholt, F}
abstractNote = {After the TMI reactor accident in Harrisburg, USA, in 1979 had created doubts and forebodings, the recent nuclear disaster in Chernobyl in the USSR has made it clear to everybody that the protection and safety provided for in the field of atomic energy utilization is not a perfect shield, and disasters do happen. Are we at all prepared for nuclear emergencies. The authors of the book in hand have made an analysis of the current state of disaster control services in the Federal Republic of Germany. Their conclusion is that such a disaster in our own country would hit us more or less unprepared. Organisational as well as technical deficiencies are disclosed, such as lack of NBC defence units, insufficiently equipped auxiliary hospitals, inadequate emergency plans. The authors demand that politicians stop silencing warning voices and instead tackle the problem within their competence, and provide the population living in the neighborhood of nuclear installation with the information they need, telling them what disaster control schemes and services there are, and what they are good for.}
place = {Germany}
year = {1986}
month = {Jan}
}