Nuclear Industry Road Emergency Response Plan (NIREP)

Abstract

The Nuclear Industry Road Emergency Response Plan is a mutual aid scheme involving the major companies in the nuclear industry. The arrangements were developed to provide a response in the event of an incident or accident involving the road transport of nuclear material by the participants in the scheme. The aim of the scheme is to achieve a rapid and effective response to any incident involving a radioactive package in transit by road.

Citation

McPhail, N. and Higson, J. (1994), "Nuclear Industry Road Emergency Response Plan (NIREP)", Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 3 No. 2, pp. 23-27. https://doi.org/10.1108/09653569410053914