From nuclides to nerve gas: The development of the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Exercise Program

Conference · Mon Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6102887

Gant, K S; Adler, M V

The Army and the Federal Emergency Management Agency established the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP), to improve emergency preparedness around each location storing the nation's aging stockpile of unitary chemical weapons. The CSEPP requires that a series of exercises be conducted at each location on a regular schedule. The CSEPP exercise program drew upon the existing Army and civilian exercises. Merging the exercise traditions of both the communities and installations into a joint exercise program acceptable to both sides and the particular nature of the hazard required a number of adjustments in the usual approaches. 14 refs., 1 fig.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: FEMA; Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 6102887
• Report Number(s): CONF-9111126-2; ON: DE92003511
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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