Agricultural aspects of nuclear and/or radiological emergency situations : OECD/NEA Workshop, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France, 12-14 June 1995.

Includes bibliographical references

Published in French under the title: Les Aspects agricoles des situations d'urgence nucleaire et/ou radiologique

Session I: Introduction -- Theoretical concepts, decision support and practical aspects -- Agricultural issues -- Standards and criteria established by international organizations for agricultural aspects of radiological emergency situations -- Session II: Assessment and management of agricultural issues -- Difficulties likely to be encountered in establishing a food restriction strategy in the early stages of an emergency -- Agricultural aspects of nuclear and/or radiological emergency situations -- Consequences of radioactive fallout post-Chernobyl experience -- The Swedish system for managing agricultural problems following a nuclear accident -- Agricultural countermeasures: problems associated with their implementation -- Changing crop and livestock farming practices to minimise contamination in the food chain -- Agricultural aspects of consequences of the accident on Chernobyl NPP in the Ukraine -- Agricultural remedial actions: ecological bases and problems associated with their implementation -- Session III: Ecomonic and social aspects of agricultural issues -- Economic and social aspects of the agricultural problems associated with nuclear accidents -- Session IV: Mechanisms for information exchange -- Agricultural aspects of nuclear and/or radiological emergency situations -- Prolegomena to a theory on exchanges of nuclear knowledge -- Exchange of information on agricultural issues in a radiological emergency situation -- Session V: National presentations -- Canadian national presentation -- Precautions in Germany for accidents and/or incidents involving potential damage to persons and the environment from the release of radioactivity -- Radiological protection of the agricultural sector, general approach and countermeasures -- Session VI: Conclusions and recommendations