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Radiation?!?!

Radiation?!?!. “Not in my backyard!”. Panel Members. Department of Health Services, Radiation Protection Section: Paul Schmidt Dan Stefenel Wisconsin Emergency Management, Radiological Emergency Preparedness: Bob Busch Teri Engelhart Lisa Olson-McDonald

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Radiation?!?!

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  1. Radiation?!?! “Not in my backyard!”

  2. Panel Members • Department of Health Services, Radiation Protection Section: • Paul Schmidt • Dan Stefenel • Wisconsin Emergency Management, Radiological Emergency Preparedness: • Bob Busch • Teri Engelhart • Lisa Olson-McDonald • Milwaukee County Emergency Management • Carl Stenbol

  3. “Miss Atomic Bomb” 1957 Lee Merlin

  4. Today’s Agenda • Introductions • Presenters • Audience members • Logistics (breaks, exits, restrooms, cell phones) • Discussion/presentation (~45) • Tabletop Exercise (~ 1 hr 30 min) • Group Reports (~15 minutes) • Wrap-up

  5. Radiological Roles(Who is responsible for what) • Local Responsibility – Home rule! • Community planners and zoning • Ex: Monticello’s EPZ/Subarea, Prairie Island Casino, Industrial facilities, Transportation (or lack thereof), etc. • County & Municipal EOCs • First responders • State Government • Department of Health Services • Wisconsin Emergency Management • Federal Government • Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) • Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) • Department of Energy (DOE) • U.S. Department of Transportation (US-DOT)

  6. Radiological Roles (continued) • Once a radiological “incident” has been identified or is suspected, local govt. can: • Take care of it themselves (HazMat, etc.) and assume all responsibility • Call the State of Wisconsin for help! • Wisconsin Emergency Management Duty Officer contacts: • Notifies Department of Health Services – Radiation Protection Section (DHS-RPS) • Other agencies as necessary

  7. Is your community impacted?

  8. Is your community impacted?

  9. Is your community impacted?

  10. Is your community impacted?

  11. Is your community impacted?

  12. Ingestion and Risk Counties • Risk Counties • Located within 10 miles of a nuclear power plant • Specific planning requirements • Kewaunee, Manitowoc and Pierce Counties • Ingestion Counties • Located within 50 miles of a nuclear power plant • 21 additional Wisconsin counties

  13. Radioactive Material Transportation • 3 Million radioactive shipments throughout the nation each year • Tracking & Notification - only necessary when: • Large quantities • High activity • Points of origin and receipt: • Industrial • Medical • Colleges/Universities • Nuclear plants • Construction • Waste repositories

  14. Industrial Radioactive Uses • Industrial radiography • Locating metal corrosion, weld integrity • Process monitoring • Flow, level, thickness, consistency (breweries, paper mills, coal plants) • Moisture density gauges • Highway & bridge construction

  15. Economic Impact of a Radiological Incident • Potentially enormous, both business and personal • Prolonged public fixation • Large government clean-up cost • Agricultural impact

  16. Case Study Goiania, Brazil 1987 • A cesium 137 radioactive source was abandoned and scavengers took the device and gouged out the iridium window. The blue glow of the cesium chloride cylinder appeared to be valuable, so it was broken into pieces and used for decorative or magical purposes.

  17. CNN Video Clip Goiania, Brazil 1987

  18. Impact on Brazil • 244 contaminated • 54 treated • 4 deaths • 800 acres contaminated • 112,000 sought monitoring • Consumed 10% of Brazil’s GNP for an entire year

  19. Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania 1979 • Nuclear Power Plant accident (core meltdown) • No significant radiological release • No Emergency Plan • Uncoordinated Public Information • Lawsuits by the general public in litigation until 1996 (all dismissed)

  20. Results of TMI • No nuclear plants constructed since 1979 • Local industries impacted • Hershey’s Chocolate • Real Estate • Hotels

  21. How would this affect Wisconsin? • Recent product recalls have a “ripple” effect • Agriculture • Natural Resources • Tourism

  22. Your choice of a tabletop exercise: • Nuclear Power Plant Incident (Ingestion) • Public Information • Resource Allocation • Agricultural Food Holds • Receiving Federal Assets • Industrial Radiological Incident • Local Planning • Incident Response • State Assistance • Report out at ~ 3:45 p.m.

  23. Group Reports • What gaps have you identified in your planning? • What gaps have you identified in your resources?

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