Citation

Jones CR. Radiat. Prot. Dosimetry 2004; 109(1-2): 75-77.

Affiliation

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Unites States Department of Energy, Washington DC, USA. rick.jones@eh.doe.gov

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Oxford University Press)

DOI

10.1093/rpd/nch255

PMID

15238660

Abstract

The US has far-reaching and extensive experience in the long-term management of areas contaminated with radioactive materials. This experience base includes the Department of Energy's continued follow-up with Hiroshima and Nagasaki from the 1940s at the Radiological Effects Research Foundation in Hiroshima, Japan, the long-term management of the Marshall Islands Programme, the clean-up of the US nuclear weapons complex and the ongoing management of accident sites such as in Palomares, Spain. This paper discusses the lessons learnt and best practices gained from this far-reaching and extensive experience in the long-term management of areas contaminated with radioactive materials.

Language: en