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Recovery, remediation and environmental decontamination

Resources for the management of chemical, radiation and biological incidents, including UK recovery handbooks.

Contents

UK recovery handbooks

The UK recovery handbooks provide:

• a decision making framework for choosing an effective recovery strategy following a chemical, radiation or biological incident
• a compendium of practicable, evidence-based recovery options to assist with the remediation of environmental contamination

Documents

1. UK recovery handbook for biological incidents

   • 27 November 2015
   • Guidance

2. UK recovery handbooks for radiation incidents 2015

   • 5 June 2015
   • Guidance

3. UK recovery handbook for chemical incidents (and associated publications)

   • 6 June 2013
   • Guidance

4. Chemical, biological or radiation incidents: recovery factsheet

   • 30 March 2016
   • Guidance

5. Chemical recovery guidance and tools: user guide

   • 30 March 2016
   • Guidance

6. Radiation recovery guidance and tools: user guide

   • 26 May 2016
   • Guidance

Tools

1. Radiation recovery navigation tool: inhabited areas (Rad RNT)

   • 14 December 2015
   • Guidance

2. Radiation recovery navigation tool: food production (Rad RNT)

   • 14 December 2015
   • Guidance

3. Radiation recovery navigation tool: drinking water supplies (Rad RNT)

   • 14 December 2015
   • Guidance

4. Radiation recovery record form (RRRF): food, inhabited areas and drinking water

   • 9 November 2015
   • Form

5. Chemical recovery navigation tool (CRNT)

   • 14 December 2015
   • Guidance

6. Chemical recovery record form (CRRF): food, inhabited areas and water environment

   • 22 May 2014
   • Form

7. Chemical and radiation incidents: recovery tools e-learning module

   • 6 February 2015
   • Guidance

• Published: 8 August 2013
• Updated: 26 May 2016

+ full page history

• 26 May 2016 5:12pm: Added radiation recovery tool user guide.
• 30 March 2016 3:15pm: Updated with 'Chemical recovery guidance and tools: user guide'.
• 14 December 2015 4:37pm: Added new tools and forms for chemical and radiation incidents.
• 27 November 2015 9:32am: Added UK recovery handbook for biological incidents.
• 9 November 2015 9:30am: Added radiation recovery form.
• 25 February 2015 5:45pm: Added 'Chemical and radiation incidents: recovery factsheet'.
• 6 February 2015 6:07pm: Added 'Chemical and radiation incidents: recovery handbooks and tools'.
• 2 September 2014 11:00am: Added recovery navigation tool and assocated forms.
• 8 August 2013 2:58pm: First published.

• From: Public Health England