Nuclear Terrorism and National Preparedness

The nuclear crisis in Fukushima and growing threats of nuclear terrorism must serve as a wake-up call, prompting greater action to prepare ourselves for nuclear and radiological disasters. Our strategy to prepare for these threats is multi-layered and the events of these past years have proved the necessity to re-evaluate the national and international preparedness goals on a scale never before considered.

Part 1: Response and Recovery.- Preparing for the Aftermath of a Nuclear Detonation: an Analytic Framework for Disaster Management.- Response Tactics for the First 100 Minutes after the Outdoor Detonation of an Explosive Radiological Dispersal Device.- Operational Framework for Recovery from an Attack Involving a Radiological Dispersal Device/Improvised Nuclear Device.- Responding to Nuclear Terrorism: Is Training of First Responders at Sites of Nuclear Disasters Enhancing their Preparedness for Incidents Involving Nuclear and Radioactive Material?.- Urban Response to CBRNE: Multi-Service, Multi-Jurisdictional, Complete Response to Terror Events.- Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute: R&D, Training, Crisis Response. Accomplishments, Opportunities and Policy Questions.- Part 2: Detection and Protection.- Rad/Nuc Detection Standards and Conformity Assessment Program.- New Opportunities of Portal Monitors with Plastic Scintillation Detectors (Asia-New. New Advanced Source Identification Algorithm).- Mobile Units for Characterization of Contaminated Sites.- Real-Time Isotope Identification and Mapping Capabilities of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Airborne Spectral Photometric Environmental Collection Technology.- Radnet National Air Monitoring Program.- Radiological Emergency Response and Preparedness at the Remote Sensing Laboratory.- Evaluation, Improvement and Guidance for the Use of Local-Scale Emergency Prediction and Response Tools for Airborne Hazards in Built Environments. Cost Action Es100 - A European Experience.- Part 3: Prevention and Mitigation.- Focusing on the Threats to the Detriment of the Vulnerabilities: A Vulnerability Assessor's Perspective; R.G. Johnston.- Preventing, Controlling and Mitigating Radiological Consequences.- Nuclear Preparedness through a National Pre-Event Public Information Campaign.- The Romanian Management System for Nuclear and Radiological Emergencies.- Part 4: Radiation, Associated Risksand Public Health.- Initiative to Enhance Radiological Resilience; K. Vetter.- Societal Consequences of Nuclear Accidents.- Another Cost of 9/11.- Assessment of Dose and Risk for Public from Potential Exposure Using WINMACCS and JRODOS Codes.-  Novel Approaches to Radiation Diagnostics for Population Screening and Incident Triage.- Radiation Injury Treatment Network: A Model for Medical Preparedness for a Mass Casualty Radiation Incident.- Radiation Dose Assessment by Using Lymphocyte Counts.