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Displaying 39 of about 39 resultsThis chart presents: (i) the scale of the natural radiation dose per year as well as the limit of radiation dose permitted for radiation workers, police, and fire fighters who engage in disaster prevention among other specialised workers; (ii) a map of the natural doses of radiation in Japan; (iii) two charts comparing the annual doses per person receiv…
A framework in which the Indian government has laid out an action plan for reducing the country's vulnerability to potential hazards that are relevant to India, including: environmental disasters such as earthquake, landslide, flood, drought, cyclone, cold wave, heat wave, chemical disaster, fire, epidemic or pest attack; technological and sectoral disa…
Cadarache a vécu le 17 janvier une simulation grandeur nature d'un séisme induisant un risque nucléaire, rapporte Le Monde. Cet exercice a révélé un souci majeur: la communication peut devenir difficile conduisant à ne pouvoir qu'utiliser une liaison satellite pour communiquer avec l'extérieur et les talkies-walkies en interne.
Malgré ces défaillances,…
Selon CatNat, un SMS donnera aujourd'hui le coup d'envoi de la plus grande simulation sismique jamais organisée dans le centre du Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA) de Cadarache (Bouches-du-Rhône). Cet exercice a pour but de de tester les capacités de réaction de chacun des acteurs en situation de crise.
The EU has had legislation in place to prevent and control major accidents in the chemical industry since 1976, following an accident at a pesticides and herbicides plant in Seveso, Italy. Now, a year after the red sludge disaster at an alumina plant in Hungary, the Environment Committee is voting on revisions to the Seveso II rules. Hungarian Christian…
Colourful murals have been used to deliver life-saving messages on COVID-19 in some of Fiji’s poorest communities. Young community members, along with local artists, used their painting skills to create vivid images that have delivered simple yet powerful messages on how to stay safe from the virus.
The initiative was developed by the Fijian G…
Suva – Producing and using disaggregated disaster and climate data is vital to build a resilient Blue Pacific that includes some of the region’s most vulnerable populations.
This was the headline call from female leaders representing different sectors to policymakers and practitioners across the region.
The ‘Counting women: using disaggregated…
Interested participants have until 30 March 2018 to submit abstracts for oral or poster presentations at the International Symposium on Communicating Nuclear and Radiological Emergencies to the Public, to be held in Vienna, Austria, from 1 to 5 October 2018.
The IAEA International Symposium on Communicating Nuclear and Radiological Emergencies to the P…
By Sinead Harvey and Natasha Galipeau
In a nuclear or radiological emergency, the IAEA will work with other international organizations to coordinate emergency response efforts and seek coherence in communication with the public.
Such coordination can be a challenge, not least because the organizations are located within time zones throughout the worl…