Evacuation 31
Evacuation 31 : The rapid, temporary removal of people from an area to avoid or reduce short term radiation exposure in an emergency. Evacuation is an urgent protective action (a form of intervention). If people are removed from the area for a longer period of time (more than a few months), the term relocation is used. Evacuation may be performed as a precautionary action based on plant conditions within the precautionary action zone