Objective

Enable participants to prepare effective plans for the response to a terrorist event with radioactive material.

Target audience

Government emergency planners.

Duration

40 hours

Contents

• Overview of terrorist acts 
• Radiation basics
• Nature of terrorist acts
• Key features of planning for and responding to radiological terrorist emergencies
• Security basics
• Command and control for first responders
• Concepts of operations for various event types
• Table top exercise
• Medical aspects
• Media relations
• Planning for threat
• Overview of international guidance and safety standards
• Recovery
• Role of international organizations
• Workshop on national arrangements and action levels