• DocumentCode
    849483
  • Title

    Commonwealth of pennsylvania emergency preparedness and response - the three mile island incident

  • Author

    Henderson, Oran K.

  • Author_Institution
    Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency Post Office Box 3321 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1980
  • Firstpage
    924
  • Lastpage
    926
  • Abstract
    This paper discusses the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania´s emergency response mechanism and legal basis in being at the time of the TMI incident. It recounts the sequence of events as they directly affected the Agency and the method whereby the Agency discharged its responsibilities. Finally, some of the problems and experiences accruing from TMI are listed as lessons learned.
  • Keywords
    Councils; Disaster management; Government; Health and safety; Knowledge management; Law; Legal factors; Management training; Protection; Resource management;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1980.4330951
  • Filename
    4330951