Journal
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
Volume 146, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.106278
Keywords
Nuclear accidents; Disasters; Health surveillance, preparedness; Communication; Stakeholders
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Funding
- EURATOM (European Atomic Energy Community) program of the European Commission [604984]
- Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities through the Centro de Excelencia Severo Ochoa 2019-2023 Program [CEX2018-000806-S]
- Generalitat de Catalunya through the CERCA Program
- AGAUR
- Secretariat of Universities and Research of the Department of Business and Knowledge of the Generalitat de Catalunya [2017 SGR 1487]
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This paper provides an overview of the SHAMISEN Recommendations for Preparedness and Health Surveillance of Populations Affected by a Radiation Accident, which includes general recommendations applicable across all phases of an accident and specific recommendations for each phase. The recommendations cover various topics such as health surveillance, epidemiological studies, dose reconstruction, evacuation, and training.
This paper, the last in the Special Issue (SI) on the SHAMISEN project, presents an overview of the SHAMISEN Recommendations for Preparedness and Health Surveillance of Populations Affected by a Radiation Accident. The recommendations are based on the lessons learnt from previous nuclear accidents, and the engagement activities with different stakeholder groups, described in the other papers of this SI. The SHAMISEN project developed a total of 28 recommendations. They include general recommendations, applicable across all phases of an accident, and specific recommendations for each of the three main phases: preparedness, early and intermediate, and long-term recovery. The recommendations are subdivided by topic: health surveillance, epidemiological studies, dose reconstruction, evacuation, and training of and communication with health personnel and other actors involved in liaising with affected populations. Each recommendation is divided into 3 sections - why, how and who - thus providing background and concrete advice as to how each SHAMISEN recommendation should be implemented and by whom. It is notable that many recommendations are also applicable to other disaster types, including the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.
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