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Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Capabilities in Support of the First Responder

Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Capabilities in Support of the First Responder. Presented to DHS S&T Southeast Summit Margaret Saunders Director, Homeland Security Programs Oak Ridge National Laboratory April 7, 2009. Oak Ridge National Laboratory evolved from the Manhattan Project.

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Capabilities in Support of the First Responder

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  1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory:Capabilities in Support of the First Responder Presented toDHS S&T Southeast Summit Margaret Saunders Director, Homeland Security Programs Oak Ridge National Laboratory April 7, 2009

  2. Oak Ridge National Laboratory evolved from the Manhattan Project ORNL in 1943The Clinton Pile was the world’s first continuously operated nuclear reactor 2 Managed by UT-Battellefor the Department of Energy

  3. Today, ORNL is DOE’s largest scienceand energy laboratory • $1.36B budget • 4,400 employees • 3,900 researchguests annually • $350 million investedin modernization • World’s most powerful open scientific computing facility • Nation’s largest concentrationof open source materials research • Nation’s most diverse energy portfolio • Operating the world’s most intense pulsed neutron source • Managing the billion-dollar U.S. ITER project

  4. ORNL is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC A 65-year relationship with DOEand its predecessors Develops and deploystechnology worldwide Manages or co-manages 6 DOEnational laboratories: ORNL (with UT), Brookhaven (with SUNY-Stony Brook), Idaho, LLNL (with UC and Bechtel), NREL (with MRI), Pacific Northwest Limited LiabilityCompany A 50-50 partnership The University of Tennessee Battelle • An ORNL partner since 1946 • State-funded Science Alliance startedin 1982, to build programs with ORNL • Shared research in many areas • Joint appointments • Joint institutes in advanced materials, biological sciences, computational sciences, neutron sciences, nuclear physics

  5. We apply our strengths in scienceand technology to six major missions • Neutron sciences • Advanced materials • Ultrascale computing • Systems biology • Advanced energy systems • National and homeland security 5 Managed by UT-Battellefor the Department of Energy KnoxSchools_0707

  6. Enhancing nationaland homeland security • Detecting, preventing, and reversing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction • Deploying integrated systems for incident awareness, detection, and response • Providing technology for detecting explosives at the part-per-trillion level • Delivering enhanced protection and new capabilities to first responders and warfighters • Developing improved forensic methodologies for law enforcement agencies 6 Managed by UT-Battellefor the Department of Energy

  7. ORNL Has Partnered with DHS Since Inception – FY 2005 new BA $29 million FY 2006 New BA $31 million FY 2007 New BA $79 million FY 2008 New BA $63 million

  8. Chemical Industry Analysis and Training Support • Center for Infrastructure Security Analysis • Data gathering and storage • Data analysis • Field tools

  9. Highway Transportation System Support • Southeast Transportation Corridor Project • Transportation analysis • GIS capability • Interoperable communication • Radiation detection • Regional Reachback Program • Subject matter expertise

  10. Support of Air, Rail, and Port Security • Air Cargo Screening • Assist in streamlining 100% screening requirement • Software models tested at airports • Rail Cargo Monitoring • Rad detection strategies • RailReady • Modeling of rail system through key cities • Project Sea Hawk • Charleston Harbor

  11. Assistance to Communities • Regional Technology Integration Project • Memphis • Team consisted of blend of scientists and first responders • Southeast Regional Research Initiative • Community and Regional Research Institute • Safe Against Fire and Ember

  12. Sensors and detectors Block II Chemical-Biological mass Spectrometer Detector Microcantilever sensors for detection of explosives and chemicals RAMiTS for detection of chemical agents and other hazardous chemicals Biochip for detection of bacteria, viruses, and toxins

  13. Direct Support of First Responder • SensorPedia • Real time actionable information • SNAPS • Portable chemical/biological sensing • SNIFFER • Chem sensors onboard first responder vehicles

  14. Oak Ridge National Laboratory:Meeting the challenges of the 21st century www.ornl.gov

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