The Role of the Consequence Management Home Team in the Fukushima Daiichi Response

Journal Article · Tue May 01 04:00:00 EDT 2012 · Health Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1097/HP.0b013e31824cfe38· OSTI ID:1081483

Pemberton, Wendy ^[1]; Mena, RaJah ^[1]; Beal, William ^[2]

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1. Remote Sensing Laboratory at Nellis
2. Remote Sensing Laboratory at Andrews

The Consequence Management Home Team (CMHT) is a U.S. Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration asset and played an important role in the U.S. response effort to the Fukushima Daiichi accident, ranging from the early days of the response to a continued involvement in supporting late phase efforts. Each stage of their work had distinct characteristics in terms of management of incoming data streams and creation of products. The CMHT assisted a variety of response organizations with modeling; radiological operations planning; field monitoring techniques; and the analysis, interpretation, and distribution of radiological data. In the Fukushima Daiichi response, the CMHT grew to include a broader range of support than was historically planned. Through their work, the social and economic impacts of a nuclear or radiological incident were minimized. The CMHT was an integral component of the response in Japan and acted as the central point from which all of the data and products flowed.

• Research Organization: US DOE
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE NA Office of Emergency Response (NA-42)
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-06NA25946
• OSTI ID: 1081483
• Journal Information: Health Physics, Journal Name: Health Physics Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 102
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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