DOE Region 8
Radiological Assistance Program
Response Capabilities
Doug Hildebrand
Radiological Assistance Program
Alternate Regional Response Coordinator
Richland Operations Office
Richland, Washington
(509) 373-3800
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DOE/NNSA Mission
Protect the public, environment, and the emergency
responders by providing a responsive, flexible, efficient, and
effective radiological emergency response framework and
capability for the Nation
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DOE/NNSA Emergency Response
Assets
• Expert technical advice from the DOE complex in response
to:
• Nuclear weapon accidents and significant incidents
• Radiological accidents
• Lost or stolen radioactive materials
• Acts of nuclear terrorism
• Provide access to expertise in nuclear weapons design and
production capabilities
• Deployable capabilities, configured for a rapid response to
any specific nuclear accident or incident
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RAP – Path to Other
DOE/NNSA Assets
NRAT
RAP
Nuclear Radiological
Advisory Team
Radiological Assistance
Program
• Radiological measurements
and advice to public sector
•Regionalized Detection &
Identification
CRISIS
RESPONSE
ASSETS
SRT
Search Response
Team
ARG
Accident
Specialized search for lost or
Response Group
stolen nuclear devices,
Recover nuclear
weapons, or material
weapons
DOE subject matter experts
directly supporting FBI and
Department of State
JTOT
Joint Technical
Operations Team
Advance Technical
Capabilities to neutralize or
move nuclear WMD devices
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RAP – Path to Other
DOE/NNSA Assets
ARAC
Atmospheric Release Advisory Capability
Computer Modeling of Transport Diffusion and
Disposition of Radioactive and Hazardous Material
RAP
Radiological
Assistance Program
Radiological measurements
and advice to public sector
FRMAC
Federal Radiological
Monitoring Assessment
Center
Operational and logistical
management cell focused on
radiological consequence
management
AMS
CONSEQUENCE
MANAGEMENT
ASSETS
Aerial Measurement
System
Airborne radiological sensing
and surveying capabilities
REAC/TS
Radiation Emergency
Assistance
Center/Training Site
Expert medical assistance for
radiation exposure accidents
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DOE Assets
Federal Radiological Monitoring
Assessment Center
CONSEQUENCE
Radiation Emergency
Assistance Center /
Training Site
CRISIS
FRMAC
REAC/TS
NRAT
Aerial Measuring
System
Nuclear / Radiological
Advisory Team
AMS
ERO
SRT
Nuclear Incident
Team
National Atmospheric
Release Advisory
Center
Search Response
Team
NARAC
JTOT
RAP
Radiological Assistance Program
Joint Technical
Operations Team
ARG
Accident Response Group
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Concept of Operations
• RAP provides a regional first response
capability – DOE First Responders
• RAP enhances the DOE nuclear CounterTerrorist (CT) capability
• RAP provides a rapid, flexible and efficient
response to a radiological event
• Search capability for Radiological Material
• Advise on Public safety
• Characterize Radiation Environment
• Material Recovery
• May call on other DOE Assets
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RAP Team Configuration
• Each region has a minimum of 3 teams
• RAP teams consist of trained employees from
DOE and DOE contractors/facilities
• Each team consists of 8 members; one Federal
Team Leader, one Team Captain, one Senior
Scientist, and five Health Physics Survey/Support
personnel
• Additional personnel are available, such as a PIO,
transportation specialists, logistics support, etc.
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Standard Response
Equipment
• Radiation Detection and
Monitoring Equipment
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Standard Response
Equipment
• Man-portable and Vehiclemounted Search Systems
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Standard Response
Equipment
• Radionuclide
Identification Systems
(NaI and HPGe)
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Identifying Isotopes
Room temperature
(Nal) Spectrum
Liquid Nitrogen
Cooled (HPGe)
Spectrum
Most “Room
Temperature” units do
NOT have the
resolution to identify
many complicated
isotopes
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Regional Coordinating Offices
• Nine geographical regions
• Each RCO maintains a Regional
Response Coordinator (RRC)
• 24-hour emergency availability
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Regional Coordinating Offices
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Regional Coordinating Offices
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Region 1, Brookhaven Site Office (631) 344-2200
Region 2, Oak Ridge Office (865) 576-1005
Region 3, Savannah River Site Office (803) 725-3333
Region 4, NNSA Service Center (505) 845-4667
Region 5, Chicago Office (630) 252-4800
Region 6, Idaho Operations Office (208) 526-1515
Region 7, Livermore Site Office (925) 422-8951
Region 8, Richland Operations Office (509) 373-3800
Region 0, Remote Sensing Laboratory - Andrews (202) 586-8100
Department of Energy Headquarters/EOC (202) 586-8100
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National Atmospheric
Release Advisory Center
(NARAC)
• Response timeline
• 5-10 minutes for NARAC supported sites
• 1 hour for non-supported sites
• NARAC assists decision
makers
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Dose and contamination
Field teams
AMS surveys
PARs
National Atmospheric
Release Advisory Center
(NARAC)
NARAC
Prediction
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Aerial Measuring System
(AMS)
• Radiological detectors
mountable in helicopters
and fixed wing aircraft
• Provides radiation
mapping over large areas
around an accident or
incident scene
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Aerial Measuring System
(AMS)
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Aerial Measuring System
(AMS)
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FRMAC
• Operational framework for coordinating
monitoring and assessment
• Coordinates data and
interpretations
• Multi-agency center
initially managed by DOE
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FRMAC Products
FRMAC Field
Measurements
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Radiological Emergency Assistance
Center / Training Site
(REAC/TS)
• 24-hour medical consultation
• Deployable team of health professionals
• Designated as a WHO
• Provides DTPA and Prussian
Blue for treatment of internal
contamination
• Provides training programs
for health professionals
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DOE Region 8
Radiological Assistance Program
Response Capabilities
For More Information on RAP
And NNSA Assets see:
http://www.nnsa.energy.gov/
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