Homeland Security and Defense Applications
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OSTI ID:1167085
Homeland Security and Defense Applications personnel are the best in the world at detecting and locating dirty bombs, loose nukes, and other radiological sources. The site trains the Nation's emergency responders, who would be among the first to confront a radiological or nuclear emergency. Homeland Security and Defense Applications highly training personnel, characterize the threat environment, produce specialized radiological nuclear detection equipment, train personnel on the equipment and its uses, test and evaluate the equipment, and develop different kinds of high-tech equipment to defeat terrorists. In New York City for example, NNSS scientists assisted in characterizing the radiological nuclear environment after 9/11, and produced specialized radiological nuclear equipment to assist local officials in their Homeland Security efforts.
- Research Organization:
- NNSA (National Nuclear Security Administration)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 1167085
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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