Don't Mess with the NEST
Conference
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OSTI ID:1047776
NEST stands for Nuclear Emergency Support Team. The NEST Mission Statement as first established: (1) Conduct, direct, coordinate search and recovery operations for nuclear material, weapons or devices; and (2) Assist in identification and deactivation of Improvised Nuclear Devices (INDs) and Radiological Dispersal Devices (RDDs). Then in 1980 a very sophisticated improvised explosive device was found at Harvey's Casino at Lake Tahoe, Nevada. The FBI and Bomb Squads were unprepared and it detonated. As a result the additional phrase 'and Sophisticated Improvised Explosive Devices (SIEDs)' was added to the Mission Statement.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 1047776
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-CONF-539211; TRN: US201216%%487
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Presented at: American Physical Society April Meeting 2012, Atlanta, GA, United States, Mar 31 - Apr 03, 2012
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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