Radiological/Nuclear Toolbox
The CRCPD Homeland Security/Emergency Response Workgroup 4 has created this resource to assist CRCPD members and its partners. Its purposes are:
To provide ready access to numerous resources when confronted with a radiological or nuclear emergency at its outset.
- To provide resources that might be consulted while enhancing your agency’s preparedness plans and practices.
Immediate
Assistance
Assistance
Medical
Concerns
Concerns
Laboratories
Software
Planning and
Preparedness
Preparedness
Written
Guidance
Guidance
Training
Resources
Resources
Immediate
Assistance
Assistance
Immediate Radiological/Nuclear Technical Assistance
- Department of Energy Consequence Management Home Team. Provides access to their radiological assessment experts, GIS scientists, Aerial Monitoring System for flyover mapping, National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center for plume and dose projection, bridge line coordinators, radiological data analysts, field operations/logistics specialists, lab analysis experts. They have nodes at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Los Alamos National Lab, Remote Sensing Lab and Sandia National Lab.
Contact DOE Watch Office: 202-586-8100 (24/7) or cmht@nnsa.doe.gov https://cmweb.llnl.gov/web/signIn.html
- DOE Radiological Assistance Program (RAP) Teams. Teams are available in each of eight regional offices that may be contacted 24 hours a day. Support ranges from technical advice over the telephone to sending highly trained people and state-of-the-art equipment to the accident site to help identify and minimize radiological hazards.
Region 0, Andrews Air Force Base: 800-405-1140
Region 1, Brookhaven, NY: 631-344-2200
Region 2, Oak Ridge, TN: 865-576-1005
Region 3, Savannah River, SC: 803-725-3333
Region 4, Albuquerque, NM: 505-845-4667
Region 5, Chicago, IL: 630-252-4800
Region 6, Idaho Falls, ID: 208-526-1515
Region 7, Oakland, CA: 925-422-8951
Region 8, Richland, WA: 509-373-3800
Medical
Concerns
Concerns
Radiation Injury or Medical Concerns
- US Department of Health and Human Services Radiation Event Medical Management Guidance on diagnosis and treatment for health care providers.
https://remm.hhs.gov/ - Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site REAC/TS staff are available 24/7 to deploy and provide emergency medical consultation for incidents involving radiation anywhere in the world.
Emergency Number: 865-576-1005 or reacts@orise.orau.gov
http://orise.orau.gov/reacts/ - Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute Information for medical professionals, as well as for emergency responders, the general public and the media.
24 hour Emergency Number: 301-295-0530 http://afrri.usuhs.edu/
- Centers for Disease Control and PreventionInformation on health effects and treatment, including preparedness kits, one for clinicians and one for public health officials. Guidance on medical counter measures including access to the Strategic National Stockpile for Prussian blue, and zinc- and calcium-DTPA.
Emergency Response Number: 770-488-7100
https://emergency.cdc.gov/radiation/
Laboratories
Radiological Laboratory Services
- EPA National Analytic Radiation Environmental Laboratory (NAREL). Montgomery, AL. Mobile and fixed laboratory analysis of environmental media for radioactivity.
Telephone number: 334-270-3400; email: petko.charles@epa.govhttps://www.epa.gov/emergency-response/environmental-response-laboratory-network
- EPA Environmental Response Laboratory Network.
Telephone number: 703-818-4200; ERLN_Helpdesk@epa.gov
Environmental Response Laboratory Network Program Partners | US EPA
Software
Software for plume modeling, dose assessment, contamination deposition and assessment
- Rascal: https://rsicc.ornl.gov/CustomerService.aspx This is just one of many codes available at the Radiation Safety Information Computational Center amintained by Oak Ridge National Lab. Just check the A – Z Software Index.
- Hot Spot: https://narac.llnl.gov/HotSpot/HotSpot.html
- Cameo: http://www2.epa.gov/cameo/cameo-software
- Turbo FRMAC https://nirp.sandia.gov/Programs.aspx You have to register on this website to download the tools, but Sandia National Laboratories turns registrations around efficiently.
- RadResponder: https://www.radresponder.net
- RESRAD Family of Codes: http://web.ead.anl.gov/resrad/home2/
o Baseline
o Biota
o Offsite
o RDD
o Build
o Ecorisk
o Chem
o Recycle - Hazard Protection and Assessment Capability: http://computing.ornl.gov/cse_home/hpac.shtml
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory GENII: http://radiologicalsciences.pnnl.gov/technologies.asp
- ORIGEN-ARP: Isotopic Depletion and Decay Analysis System: https://www.oecd-nea.org/tools/abstract/detail/ccc-0702
- RADAR: Radiation Dose Assessment Resource: http://www.doseinfo-radar.com/
- Brookhaven National Nuclear Data Center: http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/
- Rad Pro Calculator: http://www.radprocalculator.com/
- EPA ORD RDD Radwaste Waste Estimation Support Tool (WEST) radwaste calculator: http://cfpub.epa.gov/si/si_public_record_report.cfm?dirEntryId=246738&fed_org_id=1253&address=nhsrc/&view=desc&sortBy=pubDateYear&showCriteria=1&count=25&searchall=Disposal%20OR%20landfill%20OR%20leachate
Planning and
Preparedness
Preparedness
Planning and Preparedness Contacts
- Association of State and Territorial Health Officials Preparedness Program: http://www.astho.org/Programs/Preparedness/
- Center for Disease Control – Public Health Planning for Radiological and Nuclear Terrorism http://emergency.cdc.gov/radiation/
- Center for Disease Control – Radiological Terrorism: Tool Kit for Public Health Officials https://emergency.cdc.gov/radiation/
- Federal Bureau of Investigation: Headquarters and local FBI Office contacts list http://www.fbi.gov/contact-us
- National Association of County and City Health Officials Preparedness Program: http://www.naccho.org/topics/emergency/
- National Institute for Science and Technology Public Safety and Security Portal: http://www.nist.gov/public-safety-security-portal.cfm
- US Department of Agriculture Animal And Plant Health Inspection Service Emergency Preparedness and Response:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/emergency_response/ - US Department of Energy – Transportation Emergency Preparedness Program (TEPP)
http://energy.gov/em/services/waste-management/packaging-and-transportation/transportation-emergency-preparedness - US Department of Health & Human Services Radiological Emergency Medical Managementhttp://www.remm.nlm.gov/index.html
- US Department of Homeland Security Domestic Nuclear Detection Office:http://www.dhs.gov/xabout/structure/editorial_0766.shtm
- US Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program: https://www.fema.gov/radiological-emergency-preparedness-program
- US Environmental Protection Agency – Radiological Emergency Response Team (RERT)http://www.epa.gov/radiation/rert/prepare.html
http://www.epa.gov/rpdweb00/rert/regs.html - US Food and Drug Administration Food Defense & Emergency Response: http://www.fda.gov/food/fooddefense/default.htm/
- US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Emergency Preparedness: http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/emerg-preparedness.html
Written
Guidance
Guidance
- Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, Nuclear Preparedness:
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?jid=DMP&volumeId=5&issueId=S1 - Improvised Nuclear Device Response and Recovery
https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/20130726-1919-25045-0892/communicating_in_the_immediate_aftermath__final_june_2013_508_ok.pdf - Planning Guidance for Response to a Nuclear Detonation: https://www.dhs.gov/publication/ind-health-and-safety-planning-guide
- Radiological Dispersal Device Playbook http://www.phe.gov/preparedness/planning/playbooks/rdd/pages/default.aspx
- Dirty Bombs- RDDs https://tools.niehs.nih.gov/wetp/index.cfm?id=936
- Manual for First Responders to a Radiological Emergency http://www-pub.iaea.org/mtcd/publications/pdf/epr_firstresponder_web.pdf
- CRCPD Homeland Security Publications, including the Radiological Dispersal Device Handbook: http://www.crcpd.org/page/Publications
- CRCPD Handbook for Responding to a Radiological Dispersal Device: http://www.crcpd.org/RDD_Handbook/RDD-Handbook-ForWeb.pdf
- Center for Biosecurity Rad Resilient City:http://www.radresilientcity.org/
- National Council for Radiation Protection and Measurements publications and committees http://www.ncrppublications.org/, including:
o PAC 3: Nuclear and Radiological Security and Safety
o SC 5-1: Late Phase Recovery from Nuclear or Radiological Terrorism Incidents
o Report 166: Population Monitoring and Radionuclide Decorporation Following a Radiological or Nuclear Incident
o Report 165: Responding to a Radiological or Nuclear Terrorism Incident: A Guide for Decision Makers - International Commission on Radiological Protection Publications: http://www.icrp.org/publications.asp, including:
o Pub 111: Living in long-term contamination
o Pub 96: Protecting people in the event of a radiological attack
o Pub 63: Intervention for protection of public in a radiological emergency - FEMA Radioactive Materials Transport and Incident Response Book: http://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/em/TEPP/RadioactiveMaterialTransportationandIncidentResponse-QABook.pdf
- Improvised Nuclear Device Response and Recovery: Communicating in the Immediate Aftermath
http://www-pub.iaea.org/mtcd/publications/pdf/epr_firstresponder_web.pdf - International Atomic Energy Agency Nuclear Safety and Security: http://www-ns.iaea.org/
- IAEA-EPR-FIRST RESPONDERS Manual for First Responders to a Radiological Emergency.
http://www-pub.iaea.org/mtcd/publications/pdf/epr_firstresponder_web.pdf - Disaster Preparedness for Radiology Professionals. http://www.aapm.org/pubs/reports/disasterpreparednessv3.pdf
- ASTM E2601-08Standard Practice for Radiological Response.
https://docs.google.com/folderview?id=0BzcRowl0rWnMWnl3aUs3NXRrbk0&tid=0BzcRowl0rWnMeGVRUVpNeFZfYTQ - CDC Radiological Terrorism Emergency Management Pocket Guide For Clinicians http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/pdf/clinicianpocketguide.pdf
- CDC Guidelines for Handling Decedents Contaminated with Radioactive Materials. http://emergency.cdc.gov/radiation/pdf/radiation-decedent-guidelines.pdf
- Radiation Effects Research Foundation: http://www.rerf.jp/index_e.html
- US National Response Team: http://www.nrt.org/Production/NRT/NRTWeb.nsf/HomePage?OpenForm
- Radiation Research Society: http://www.radres.org/
Training
Resources
Resources
- Oak Ridge Associated Universities: http://www.orau.org/what-we-do/professional-training.aspx
- CTOS Center for Radiological/Nuclear Training: http://www.ctosnnsa.org/
- FEMA Emergency Management Institute: http://training.fema.gov/emi/
- Emergency Operations Training Academy: http://eota.energy.gov/
- National Radiological Emergency Preparedness Conference: http://www.nationalrep.org/
- DOE Modular Emergency Radiological Response Transportation Training: https://www.energy.gov/em/tepp-training-modular-emergency-response-radiological-transportation-training
- National Disaster Life Support Foundation: http://www.ndlsf.org/index.php/training-centers/find-a-training-center
- Radiochemistry Society: http://www.radiochemistry.org/