Radiation Safety, Protection and Management for Homeland Security and Emergency Response [Other digital carrier]

Preface. Foreword. Acknowledgments. 1 Nuclear Fear - The Godzilla
of All Fears. 1.1 The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 1.2 Nuclear Fallout
in America. 1.3 WMDs: Witnesses of Mass Destruction. 1.4 Fear and the Film
Industry. 1.5 Celluloid Spies. 1.6 Atomic Nature Run Amok. 1.7 Post-War
Nuclear Reactions. 1.8 The Specter of Cold War. 1.9 The Fearful Fifties. 1.10
Dr. Strangelove & Learning to Love the Bomb. 1.11 Nuclear Terror Revisited.
1.12 Chernobyl's Impact on Contemporary Views of Nuclear Energy. 1.13 The
Myth of the Lone Madman. 1.14 Fear of an Unknown Atom. 2 Terrorism and
Nuclear Fire. 2.1 A Prophetic Warning. 2.2 History of Terrorism. 2.3
Terrorism (Un)Defined. 2.4 Legal Taxonomy of Terrorism. 2.5 The Defining
Principles of Terrorism. 2.6 Nation States: The Fuel for Nuclear Fire. 2.7
Global Mass Media: The Oxygen of Terrorism. 2.8 Extremists Groups: The Spark
that Ignites Terrorism. 2.9 Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Nightmare. 3
Radiation and Radioactivity Concepts. 3.1 What, Exactly, Is Radiation? 3.2
Units of Radioactivity. 3.3 The Different Types of Radioactive Decay. 3.4
Measuring Radioactivity. 3.5 Environmental Radiation. 3.6 Radiation from
Nuclear Power Plants. 3.7 The Benefits of Radiation on Health and Medicine.
3.8 The Benefits of Radiation on Agriculture. 3.9 The Benefits of Radiation
on Industry. 3.10 The Benefits of Radiation on National Security. 3.11 The
Benefits of Radiological and Nuclear Material on International Security. 4
Nuclear Countermeasures and Nuclear Security. 4.1 Security of Radiation
Sources. 4.2 Atomic Authorization. 4.3 Safety of Radiation Sources. 4.4
Enforcing International Standards of Safety. 4.5 Meeting Global Needs for
Energy. 4.6 Difficulties of Radioactive Disposal. 4.7 A Radiation Role Model.
4.8 Nuclear Applications to Increase Public Safety and National Security. 4.9
Current Nuclear and Radiation Countermeasures. 5 Nuclear Events and
Incidents. 5.1 The Search for Nuclear Substances. 5.2 Diplomatic Reasoning.
5.3 Inferring Nuclear Intent. 5.4 Nuclear Arms in the Wrong Hands. 5.5 A More
Active Defense. 5.6 Should Diplomacy Fail. 5.7 A Closer Look at Nuclear
Weapons. 5.8 Nuclear Blast Force. 5.9 Nuclear Thermal Force. 5.10 Radioactive
Force. 5.11 Radiological Dispersion Devices. 6 Radiological Incidents
Management and Planning. 6.1 Threat Assessment. 6.2 Medical Stockpiling. 6.3
Medical Development. 6.4 Readying the Response Infrastructure. 6.5 Evaluating
the Medical Countermeasure Enterprise. 6.6 The Good News: Areas of
Improvement. 6.7 Protective Action Guidelines. 6.8 The Role of the Military
in a Radiological Emergency. 7 Role of the First Responder. 7.1 Structure
of the First Response Team's Patterns of Action. 7.2 Role of the First
Response Team. 7.3 Protection of Responders and the Public. 7.4 Lessons
Learned from First Response to Past Emergencies. 7.5 Manage the Medical
Response. 7.6 Manage Criminal and Terrorist Threats After a Radiological
Event. 7.7 Launching the First Response. 7.8 Incident Command. 7.9 Members of
the First Response Team. 7.10 Preliminary Assessment and Response. 7.11
Emergency Response Team. 7.12 Incident Commander Action Guide. 7.13 Resource
Coordinator Action Guide. 7.14 Fire Departments Action Guide. 7.15 Emergency
Medical Service Action Guide. 7.16 Law Enforcement/Security Team Action
Guide. 7.17 Forensic Evidence Management Team Action Guide. 7.18 Public
Information Officer Action Guide. 7.19 Crisis Communication Tips. 7.20 Local
Hospital Action Guide. 7.21 National EOC Action Guide. 7.22 First Responder
Monitor Action Guide. 8 Action Plans. 8.1 Assess Hazard and Establish
Security Area. 8.2 Personnel Protection Guidelines. 8.3 Public Protection
Guidelines. 8.4 Public Registration. 8.5 Monitor the Public and Responders.
8.6 Public Decontamination. 8.7 Response Contamination Control. 8.8
Monitoring and Decontamination of Vehicles and Equipment. 8.9 Field Triage
for Mass Casualties. 9 Medical Treatment of Radiological Injuries. 9.1 The
Radiological Effects of RDDs. 9.2 Radioactivity and Its Impact on the Body.
9.3 Symptoms and Syndromes. 9.4 Emergency Assessment. 9.5 Signs of Dangerous
Radiation Dosages. 9.6 Treatments for Radiation Exposure. 9.7 Post-Radiation
Procedures. 9.8 Psychological Side Effects. 9.9 Psychological First Aid. 9.10
Treating Terror. 10 Cleanup and Decontamination after a Radiological
Incident. 10.1 Differences between Chemical, Biological and Radiological.
10.2 Decontamination Differences for Fallout and a RDD. 10.3 Who will be in
Charge of Cleanup and Decontamination? 10.4 Radiological Cleanup Overview and
Objectives. 10.5 Radiological Cleanup Decision Making. 10.6 Initial Cleanup
Scoping. 10.7 Stakeholder Outreach & Stakeholder Working Group. 10.8
Evaluation of Cleanup Options. 10.9 Specific Guidelines for Cleanup and
Decontamination. 10.10 The "Do Nothing" Strategy. 10.11 Physical Removal
Strategy. 10.12 Physical Entrapment Strategy. 10.13 Chemical Decontamination
Strategy. 10.14 Use of Isotope Dilution for Decontamination. 10.15 Priorities
for Decontamination. 11 Conclusions. 11.1 Nuclear Terror: Are We Prepared
Internationally? 11.2 Who is Internationally Responsible for Nuclear
Countermeasures? 11.3 Nuclear Terror: Are We Prepared Nationally? 11.4 What
We Know About the Inevitable. Appendix A: Radioactive Contamination
Monitoring. Appendix B: List of Acronyms. Appendix C: Radiological Terms.
Appendix D: Radiological Attack - Radiological Dispersal Devices - Incident
Planning Guide. Appendix E: Federal Agencies Governing the Immediate Response
to a Radiological Event. Appendix F: Potential Isotopes Likely to be Used in
a Radiological Dispersion Device. Bibliography. Index.

LARRY A. BURCHFIELD is the cofounder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of the Radiochemistry Society, as well as an Adjunct Professor at Washington State University. He has over twenty years of research and laboratory experience and authored several publications.