EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN THE FIELD OF THE TRANSPORT OFRADIOACTIVE MATERIAL IN GERMANY

摘要

The ?Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material" of the International Atomic Energy Agencycontain also in the latest 1996 Edition (Revised) requirements for emergency response. As part of complianceassurance the relevant national and/or international organizations have to establish emergency provisions andprocedures for the events of accidents or incidents during the transport of radioactive material to protect persons,property and the environment. In Germany due to its federal system the Ministries of Interior of the states havethe main responsibility for emergency response. The responsible authorities have to give guidelines to the firstresponders (fire brigade, police, rescue service) for their first activities in case of an accident/incident. For this special case the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) developed so called "Emergency ResponseIntervention Cards" (ERICs) for the ADR member states. The class 7 ERICs were developed in Germany and thepreparation for their use in Europe is now underway. The paper gives an example of such an ERIC to showwhich activities are necessary in the first 30 minutes after an accident happened.