This book provides a history of emergency planning with respect to nuclear power plant accidents from the 1950's to the 2000's. 　It gives an overview of essential concepts that a working emergency planner should know, including brief overviews of the health physics and plant engineering that applies to emergency planning. 　Each chapter covers topics unique to radiological planning that distinguish it from planning for natural disasters.　 Some of the topics include processes that damage fuel, reactor source terms, basic dispersion theory, protective measures for the...