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Nuclear RadiationThe Role Of Response

Agencies

Presented by:

Christopher M. Gallagher, New York City Police Department (retired)

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Purpose

A discussion to motivate a process, to identify the level of awareness, and the options needed for a methodical

preparation and a response.

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Population And Land Area -

Area Pop: 8.5 Million

Total Square Miles Land: 301

Miles of Waterfront: 478

Total Area In Acres: 205,952

More Than 200 Skyscrapers

943 Land-marked Buildings

175 Museums

New York City DemographicsNew York City Demographics

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New York City Demographics

Transportation Systems –

7.5 million daily riders•NYC Transit – Subways •NYC Transit – Buses •Private bus providers•Staten Island Ferry•MTA Staten Island Railway•MTA Long Island Railroad•MTA Metro North Railroad•NJ Transit - Rail & Bus•PATH Subway

Points Of Entry•4- Vehicle Tunnels•2 Major Airports•New York Harbor(Piers)•11 Bridges

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Challenges for Response

Challenges faced by response agencies, to ensure a safe City.

Public Transportation Navigable Waterways Airports Roadways Special Events

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Metropolitan Transit Authority

• MTA has millions of subway passengers daily

• 4th Busiest railroad worldwide

• Largest fleet of commuter trains

• 468 Subway Stations

• 660 Miles of Track

• Elevated & Tunnels

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Waterways

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Vehicle Access

•Seven Intrastate Bridges and Four Tunnels•10 Interstate Highways•Over 800,000 vehicles daily

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Special EventsParades

NYC Marathon

UN General Assembly

Fleet Week

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Radiological and Nuclear Threat Radiological Dispersal Device (RDD) (Dirty Bomb)

• Radioactive source + means of dispersal• Weapon of Mass Disruption• Potentially large “area of denial”• Decontamination: labor- intensive,

expensive, unique policy challenges • Means of acquiring a radioactive source - Theft from Hospital - Black Market

Improvised Nuclear Device (IND)

• Uranium or plutonium-based weapon• Weapon of Mass Destruction – Technically complex weapon – Low likelihood, but high

consequence threat• Small IND could cause: – Thousands of casualties – Significant infrastructural damage – Radiation and fallout• Means of obtaining a nuclear weapon – Theft of weapon or fissile materials – Insider threat – Sympathetic government

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Radiological and Nuclear Threat

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Planning, Policies and Guidance

• Conducting Risk Assessments• The planning phase facilitated by

OEM along with other agencies using core competencies• Review the plan• Exercise the plan

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Plans

Citywide Interagency Management System (CIMS)

Radiological Response and Recovery Plan

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Response Plan

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Response Plan

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Response Plans

Set up of exclusion zones for evacuationPlume modeling

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Response Plans

Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

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Emergency Management

Working as inter-agency coordinators in partnership with local, state,

federal, and private sector, to provide

comprehensive emergency response, hazard planning,

and disaster mitigation

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Fire /EMS

• Responsible for Life Safety Operations • Mass decontamination• Medically clearing patients prior to

removal to the hospital

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Law Enforcement

• Responsible for overall site management• Conducting assessment and

investigations for criminal activity or terrorism• Recovery of evidence

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Department of Health

• Responsible for a final assessment of the hazard• Provide Technical information to

Command element• Adjust or set "hot," "warm" and "cold"

zones, and direct all mitigation efforts• Provides Isotope information to Hospitals

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Exercises

After the development of plans, exercises are conducted to ensure plans work. These are the exercises that were conducted for RDD.• Operation Winter Sun • POD Ex• Trifecta• Securing the Cities

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Trifecta Exercise

• Mass Transit Train scenario using a radiological dispersion device.

• Mass casualty incident with radiological contamination

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Securing The Cities Exercise

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Securing The Cities Exercise

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Equipment

Some of the many different types of

monitoring equipment and testing used in the prevention of an attack or in the

response to a Dirty Bomb/ Radiological Dispersion Device (RDD)

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Handheld Devices

• The RadEye pocket-size PRD used by many display modes can be tailored to an individual agency’s needs

The Thermo IdentiFINDER is a Radioisotope Identifier (RIID) that is used by agencies as part of the Rad/Nuc Detection (RND) mission.

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Pack Eye Radiation Detection Back Pack

• Locates and detects radioactive sources in large areas very rapidly, but unobtrusively.

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Vehicles

• Technology meeting the needs of the 21st century

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Aviation Assets• Equipped with thermal-imaging camera that can be

used to help with port security, and is also equipped with aerial radiological surveillance equipment that can detect, analyze and track radiation at various altitudes.

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Marine UnitsThe TRACS (Tactical Radiation Acquisition Characterization Systems) craft are the only boats of their kind, with permanent radiation equipment outfitted by the Department of Energy

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Radiological Incident• At a Manhattan post office a contractor was

performing imaging radiography, the device somewhat like an X-ray machine, the contractor was using to find out what was behind walls and ceilings as part of a renovation in the building.

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Radiological Incident

• A hole in the machine -- which works much like a shutter of a standard camera -- is supposed to open briefly to create each image, emitting a burst of radiation from a source of cobalt-60.

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Review

• Situational awareness• Agency Responsibilities• Development of response plans• Delivery of incident exercises (exercising the

plans)• Updating the plans as needed• Proper equipment for personnel responding