Evacuations after Severe Nuclear Accidents by Dr Ian Fairlie,

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Beware people. The next nuclear accident is imminent. The US has proven itself unwilling or unable to even deal effectively with hurricane evacuations and the flu.

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Evacuations after Severe Nuclear Accidents by Dr Ian Fairlie, January 27, 2018:

This article discusses three related matters –

1. The experience of evacuations during the Fukushima nuclear disaster
2. Whether lengthy evacuations from large cities are feasible?
3. Some emergency plans for evacuations in North America

(a) Introduction

If another severe nuclear accident, such as Windscale (in 1957), Chernobyl (1986) or Fukushima (2011) were to occur then the adverse health effects would primarily depend on wind direction and on the nature of the accident. The main responses to a nuclear disaster are shelter, evacuation and stable iodine prophylaxis. The most important, in terms of preventing future cancer epidemics, is evacuation. This article is based on North American evacuation plans. Little is known of UK emergency evacuation plans as few, if any, are publicly available.

In North American plans, if a severe nuclear accident were to occur, able citizens would be requested to…

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