National arrangements for incidents involving radioactivity (NAIR): technical handbook

Published: Feb 09, 2019

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  • NAIR
  • Incidents
  • Radioactive
  • Transport
  • Radiation Protection Adviser

Source: NAIR

NAIR 2002 Handbook (NRPB-W7). This publication is still valid despite its publication date. NAIR provides rapid and widely available assistance to the police and other emergency services where no radiation expert (e.g. Radiation Protection Adviser) is otherwise available. Assistance is provided in 2 stages and is drawn from hospitals, the nuclear industry and government departments.

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