RETURN TO NORMALITY AFTER A RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY

Some preliminary considerations from the management of post-accident s ituations connected to large scale and high land contamination are pre sented. The return to normal, or at least acceptable living conditions , as soon as reasonably achievable, and the prevention of the possible emergence of a post-accident crisis is of key importance. A scheme is proposed for understanding the dynamics of the various phases after a n accident. An attempt is made to characterize some of the parameters driving the acceptability of post-accident situations. Strategies to r eturn to normal living conditions in contaminated areas are considered .