Protective Action 1
Protective Action 1 : (1) An intervention intended to avoid or reduce doses to members of the public in emergencies or situations of chronic exposure. See also: Remedial Action. This is related to radiation protection (see definition (1) of protection, and protection and safety). Longer Term Protective Action: A protective action that is not an urgent protective action. Such protective actions are likely to be prolonged over weeks, months or years. These include measures such as relocation, agricultural countermeasures and remedial actions. Mitigatory Action: Immediate action by the operator or other party: (1) to reduce the potential for conditions to develop that would result in exposure or a release of radioactive material requiring emergency actions on or off the site; or (2) to mitigate source conditions that may result in exposure or a release of radioactive material requiring emergency actions on or off the site. Urgent Protective Action: 1.? A protective action in the event of an emergency which must be taken promptly (normally within hours) in order to be effective, and the effectiveness of which will be markedly reduced if it is delayed. The most commonly considered urgent protective actions in a nuclear or radiological emergency are evacuation, decontamination of individuals, sheltering, respiratory protection, prophylaxis and restriction of the consumption of potentially contaminated foodstuffs. (2) A protection system action calling for the operation of a particular safety actuation device. This is related to definition (2) of protection
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