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1 Radiological Emergency Preparedness in Nepal 1 Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway 2 Department of Radiology, Gandaki Medical College, Pokhara, Nepal 3 Department of Radiology and Imaging, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal 4 Nuclear Society of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal  Email: chhaviumb@gmail.com  CR Bhatt 1,2, SL Shrestha 3, KK Shrestha 4 The Swedish Society for Radioecology Conference, 22-23 March, 2011, Stockholm

2 Overview of the country  Area = 147,181 sq km (~1/3 of Sweden)  Population = 28.5 million (~3 times of Sweden)  Total nuclear plants in neighbouring states (China & India)*: Operational (n=32) Under construction (n=33) Planned (n=31) Source: *World Nuclear Association, 2011 Source (map):International Nuclear Safety Center 2010 Pakistan China India

3  Nepal has no nuclear energy  Radioisotopes; limited use for medical purposes  China and India, emerging economic and political powers: nuclear energy is likely to expand India China Pakistan

4 Surrounded by Nuclear plants??!!  India*: Operational (n=18) Under construction (n=7) Planned (n=4)  China*: Operational (n=14) Under construction (n=26) Planned (n=27)  Pakistan*: Operational (n=2) Under construction (n=1)  Bangladesh: Under construction (n=1)** Source: *World Nuclear Association, 2011 ** Reuters, 2011 India China Pakistan

5  The geopolitical placement of Nepal & risk of cross-border RDD transport!!! Nepal’s Nuclear Profile  Natural radiation dose is 1.8 mSv/yr (Shrestha, 2004)  4 Co-60 teletherapy sources; supervised partly by US DOE/Global Threat Reduction Initiative to improve security  Importance of preparedness for radiological emergency realized (Shrestha, 2004)  IAEA membership in 2008  Nuclear law under preparation India China Pakistan

6 Nepal lacks…  National radiation protection authority  Organized radiological emergency preparedness team and resources  Health facility with radiation emergency department India China Pakistan

7 Conclusions/Recommendations 1. Nepal should build up on radiological emergency preparedness capacity 2. IAEA should help establish and mature a nuclear program for Nepal Chernobyl (Ukraine), 1986 Fukushima (Japan), 2011

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