Nuclear Disaster Report: Public Health, Risk Assessment, Preparedness

This report examines the preparedness and response to potential nuclear disasters, focusing on public health implications. It highlights the importance of emergency response plans, community preparedness, and the roles of various agencies, including federal, state, and local authorities. The report discusses the significance of training, communication, and technological advancements in mitigating the impact of nuclear incidents. It also addresses the financial aspects of these plans, including the funding provided by nuclear power plants. Furthermore, the report assesses the risk factors within specific communities and emphasizes the need for continuous improvement and evaluation of existing plans. The report also references relevant literature like Chatfield, Reddick & Anggoro (2016) and Morgan, Cabrera & Brown (2018).

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1. Does the United States’ emergency response plan have a process for managing a
major nuclear disaster?
American nuclear plants have been built and designed to securely withstand a broad
range of regular and other dangerous events. The personnel are well trained and can take
the required actions to regulate and reduce any unusual activity arising. The Federal
government is also urging companies to create a nuclear power emergency plan .The
emergency plan is supposed to take care of the citizens and specify the responsive actions
to be done in case of a risky event. Good emergency response is as a result of a jointly
support, preparedness, and planning among various companies. This involves companies
that deal with plants, State, federal, and local agencies. The plans are supposed to be
applied during an event that is risking the lives of the citizens. The industries that deal
with nuclear plants pay a considerable fee to the State and other local authorities. The
cost is paid to fund emergency plans. The emergency plans are still evolving (Morgan,
Cabrera & Brown,2018).
2. Discuss the medical response preparedness plans in communities co-located with
nuclear plants.
Good resilience and mitigating the nuclear incident results are facilitated by proper
preparation, training, and planning. Other factors also involved include; continuous
interaction, regular practices, doing an evaluation of the parties involved, effective
communication and improving on new technology, science, ideas and experience. The
public health and their planning teams need a multi-faceted, intricate systematic attention

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by involving the local, federal, state, territorial and tribal authorities, international
partners, volunteers and other industries (Chatfield, Reddick & Anggoro, 2016)
3. Is your community at risk of a nuclear disaster?
My community is at a higher risk because studies show that approximately seventy-five
percent of great nuclear disasters, this involves explosions, loss of coolants and fires have
taken place in the nation. All these disasters have occurred both in emergency and normal
activities.
References
Chatfield, A., Reddick, C., & Anggoro, Y. (2016). Indonesia’s Digital Infrastructures for
Nuclear Energy Policy Transparency.
Morgan, K. A., Cabrera, F. T., & Brown, R. M. (2018). U.S. Patent No. 9,881,702.
Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office