Region 6 radiological assistance program

Toward this end, the RAP program is implemented on a regional basis, and has planned for an incremental response capability with regional coordination between states and DOE response elements.

This regional coordination is intended to foster a working relationship between DOE radiological assistance elements and those state, tribal, and local agencies responsible for first response to protect public health and safety. Unique identifying numbers for this report in the Digital Library or other systems.

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Dates and time periods associated with this report. Revision 1 , report , November 1, ; Idaho Falls, Idaho. Showing of 60 pages in this report. Physical Description 59 p. Search Open Access. Who People and organizations associated with either the creation of this report or its content. RAP was established by the Atomic Energy Commission on June 10, , to provide on-call experts who are available to respond to, evaluate and minimize consequences of a radiological or nuclear incident by monitoring for radiation, assisting with decontamination efforts, and offering medical advice and analysis.

That original mission remains the core of the RAP identity, carried out through three primary support missions: Consequence Management, Crisis Response and Regional Preparedness. When a known or suspected release of radioactive materials occurs, understanding the extent and composition of released material is critical to determining the best way to deal with the hazard and minimize risks to people, property and the environment.

Each RAP team is fully trained and equipped to carry out radiation surveys, measure contamination levels, and conduct air sampling, with access to the most advanced radiation detection and protection equipment available. Resources include portable field radiation monitoring instrumentation hand-held and backpack-mounted ; larger detectors that can be installed on a mobile platform such as a vehicle, boat or aircraft; generators, air sampling and decontamination equipment; as well as mobile laboratories and command posts, communications gear and personal protective equipment.

CMRT consists of management, technical, field monitoring, geographic information system, sampling, and hotline personnel. CMRT establishes initial operations in the field; it uses software developed to coordinate the rapid data collection, management, and analysis required during a radiological emergency.

The software enables the interagency FRMAC assets to evaluate a radiological or nuclear incident efficiently and facilitate actions to protect public health and the environment. Under this program, FBI counter-WMD teams in American cities are trained and equipped to take decisive action to defeat WMD threat devices, accelerating life-saving responses to nuclear and radiological attacks. NNSA's National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center provides real-time assessment advisories to emergency managers during the response to a nuclear or chemical event.

The National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center NARAC assists federal, state, and local officials in making life-saving decisions following the inadvertent or intentional release of radioactive material.

NARAC can rapidly deliver tools and expertise to map the spread of this material in the atmosphere, often providing the first scientifically defensible and actionable analysis that decisionmakers can use to protect the public in an emergency.

Since its inception during the partial meltdown at Three Mile Island in , NARAC has been instrumental in responding to nuclear incidents of enormous global consequence, including the Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident, and the non-nuclear Titan missile explosion near Damascus, Arkansas. The purpose of this document is: to describe the mechanism for responding to any organization or private citizen requesting assistance to radiological incidents; to coordinate radiological assistance among participating federal agencies, states, and tribes in DOE Region 6; and to describe the RAP Scaled Response concept of operations.

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