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Estimating the impacts associated with the detonation of an improvised nuclear device
Theresa I. Jefferson
author
John R. Harrald
author
2014
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
English
The explosion of an improvised nuclear device (IND), in any American city, would cause devastating physical and social impacts. These impacts would exceed the response capabilities of any city, state or region. The potential loss and suffering caused by an IND detonation can be dramatically reduced through informed planning and preparedness. By incorporating estimates of the impacts associated with the detonation of an IND into the planning process, jurisdictions can estimate the scale and scope of their response requirements. A prototype, computer-based tool was developed to quantify the human impacts associated with an IND detonation. Using various types of information such as the approximation of the prompt radiation footprint, blast footprint, and thermal footprint of the detonation, along with an estimation of the level of protection provided by building structures the system calculates the number and type of injuries that can be expected in a monocentric urban area.
Disasters
Information systems
Radiation protection
Urban planning
Building structure
Computer based tools
Improvised nuclear devices
Man-made disasters
Planning process
Preparedness
Response capability
Scale and scope
Detonation
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TheresaI.Jefferson+JohnR.Harrald2014
ISCRAM 2014 Conference Proceedings – 11th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
ISCRAM 2014
S.R. Hiltz
M
S
Pfaff
editor
11th International ISCRAM Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management
2014
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
conference publication
80
84
9780692211946
2411-3387
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