ABSTRACT
The recommendations for radiation damage prevention and mitigation, no matter how effective and useful they may be, must have detailed implementation plans. Such recommendations would remain of theoretical interest without an effective implementation plan. A recent accident in the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan has provided an urgent need to develop a detailed implementation plan for radiation protection by all nuclear industries throughout the world, in order to protect power plant workers and the civilian population residing near the plants in the event of an accident. In addition, the threat of an explosion of a dirty bomb by terrorists and unintentional nuclear con£icts exist; therefore, federal and state agencies responsible for radiation protection should also develop detailed implementation plans for providing adequate protection to their citizens in the event such nuclear events occur.
