UK guidance on decontamination published

Guidance to help organisations with planning and decontamination of buildings and infrastructure following a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) incident have been published by the UK government.

The two new documents are:

* Strategic National Guidance for the Decontamination of Buildings and Infrastructure Exposed to Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear Substances or Material

This guidance is to help everyone who may be involved in dealing with a
deliberate or accidental release of CBRN materials - government departments,
local authorities, businesses, emergency services and the wider emergency
planning community. The document forms part of a suite of strategic documents
developed under the CBRN Resilience Programme led by the Home Office.

* Precautions to Minimise Effects of a CBRN Event on Buildings and
Infrastructure

This sets out advice on pre-planning measures owners and managers
can take to prevent contamination, to limit the spread of any contamination
occurring, and to facilitate decontamination.

Both publications are available at http://www.ukresilience.info/cbrn/index.htm

•Date: 19th May 2004 •Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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