Regional Workshop of Nuclear and Radiological Emergency Preparedness and Response in Daejeon, Korea

June 26th, 2014 — 

From June 9-18, 2014, the Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (KINS) conducted a Regional Workshop of Nuclear and Radiological Emergency Preparedness and Response at the KINS facilities in Daejeon, Republic of Korea. The International Regulatory Development Partnership (IRDP) provided support to the workshop; Mr. Richard Emch of AdSTM assisted the KINS staff, led by Dr. DaeSoo Shin, in conducting the workshop and made five presentations regarding radiological emergency response in the United States. Representatives from nine countries in the Arab Network of Nuclear Regulators/Arab Atomic Energy Agency participated in the workshop. There were 19 participants from Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, and Yemen. None of these countries have operating nuclear power plants, but some of these countries have plans to build nuclear power plants. Some of these countries operate or are building research reactors. All of these countries employ radioisotopes in medical, industrial, and agricultural uses.