Evaluation of Preventative Radiological/Nuclear Detector Archetypes to Validate Repurpose to the Consequence Management Mission
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- US Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS), New York, NY (United States). National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL)
- Cromwell Circle, Staten Island, NY (United States)
In the event of a radiological or nuclear emergency involving a large-scale release of radioactive material, local responders would be the primary means to perform radiation measurements to assess impacts and issue protective action recommendations for the responders and the public. Over the first 24-36 hours, Federal responders and resources will deploy to augment the local efforts, and if necessary, provide extensive radiation monitoring and assessment capabilities coordinated by the Department of Energy-led Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center and Federal Emergency Management Agency-led Multiagency Coordination Group. Unless Federal resources happen to be deployed at the moment an incident occurs, such as a preventative radiological/nuclear detection mission for a scheduled special event, the local response to an incident will commence and persist for many hours with no on-scene Federal support. For a catastrophic incident, such as a nuclear detonation or severe reactor accident, the local jurisdictions may not have a full range of adequate supplies of health physics instruments and personnel dosimetry. Therefore early in a crisis, the local responders will inevitably conduct their operations with the radiation detection and dosimetry capabilities that they have available until additional resources and support are requested and arrive. Most of the radiation detection instruments currently fielded at the local level are carried by law enforcement personnel and are designed for interdiction missions - referred to here as preventative radiological/nuclear detection (PRND) instruments. This study investigated how this PRND equipment can be repurposed in consequence management (CM) missions.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Nuclear Incident Response; US Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
- DOE Contract Number:
- SC0012704
- OSTI ID:
- 1425190
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-114278-2017-FORE
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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