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seanw146The author of this article is Sonja D. Schmid. Sonja has degrees in science, technology and society (STS) as well as experience in organizational theory, disaster social issues, and studied risk in relation to different societies and cultures throughout the world.
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seanw146The report data covers from April 26th 1986 (the date of the disaster) to 2006 (the year the report was published).
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seanw146The IAEA failed to properly prevent the Three Mile Island or Chernobyl incidents. After these events the IAEA started two conventions for notification and response to nuclear disasters. Since the Fukushima incident, the IAEA has evolved the way they approach disaster and health to include even the most outlandish scenarios and actively trains first responders how to deal with such occurrences. (iaea.org)
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seanw146Emergency response is not addressed in this article. But the information provided could be useful for disaster relief workers operating in evironments like these.
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