Are You Prepared? Response to a Radiological Transportation Accident, Simplified

1. Are You Prepared? Response to a Radiological Transportation Accident, Simplified Freddie Bell DOE TEPP Contract Support Representative freddie@trgroupinc.com TEPP Briefing

2. Transportation by Air, Rail & Highway TEPP Briefing

3. Transportation by Air, Rail & Highway • Annual Estimates of United States Hazardous Materials Shipping Activities • 500 Billion packages • 400 Million are hazardous material • 3 Million are radioactive • DOE ships 5,000 to 20,000 TEPP Briefing

4. What do you do when an accident happens? TEPP Briefing

5. What is our role as a Federal agency? 44 CFR 351.1 assigns Federal Agency responsibilities for assisting state and local governments in emergency planning and preparedness for radiological/nuclear emergencies Participate with FEMA in assisting state and local governments in developing their radiological emergency plans, evaluating exercises to test plans, and evaluating the plans and preparedness Assist FEMA with the development, implementation, and presentation to the extent that resources permit of training programs for federal, state and local radiological emergency response personnel Assist FEMA in developing and promulgating guidance to state and local governments for the preparation of radiological emergency plans TEPP Briefing TEPP Briefing 5

6. DOE Implemented the Transportation Emergency Preparedness Program (TEPP) www.em.doe.gov/otem TEPP Briefing

7. TEPP Briefing

8. TEPP Goals • Serve as a Department-wide program • Provide planning and technical assistance to promote a coordinated response to transportation incidents involving radioactive material • Provide training assistance and promote development of flexible, low-cost, high-quality training materials • Serve as a link between emergency preparedness and transportation planning TEPP Briefing

9. TEPP Implementation • Through eight Regional Coordinating Offices • TEPP Regional Coordinator located with each DOE region TEPP Briefing

10. The first step to preparedness. . . • Determine applicability and conduct a needs assessment • The Needs Assessment will: • assist in determining readiness • identify strengths & weaknesses TEPP Briefing

11. Second step – address weaknesses in plans & procedures TEPP Plans & Procedures • Model Initial Response Procedures • Model Annex for Preparedness and Response to a Radiological Transportation Incident • provides basic structure and annotated guidance for transportation addendum to existing plans TEPP Briefing

12. . . .and address training weakness • Modular Emergency Response Radiological Transportation Training (MERRTT) • MERRTT has a modular design • 16 modules (some with embedded video clips) • 5 hands-on practical exercises • Can be integrated into existing hazmat curriculum or delivered as stand-alone course • Can be instructor-led or self-paced instruction • Intended for responders with previous hazardous material response training • MERRTT is designed to supplement existing hazmat training • Many states have adopted MERRTT as their own training program TEPP Briefing

13. MERRTT Program DAY TWO MODULES • DOE Shipments and Resources • Decontamination, Disposal and Documentation • WIPP Module • Pre-Hospital Practices • Transportation by Rail • Incident Command • Public Information Officer DAY ONE MODULES • Radiological Basics • Biological Effects • Radioactive Material Shipping Packages • Hazard Recognition • Initial Response Actions • Patient Handling • Incident Control • Radiological Survey Instruments & Dosimetry Devices • Transportation of Safeguards Material TEPP Briefing

14. MERRTT Student Material • Student Workbooks have been prepared for each module in the MERRTT program • Everything contained on the MERRTT DVD TEPP Briefing

15. Hands On Exercises • MERRTT includes 5 hands-on practical exercises to reinforce material presented in the modules • Instrument Use • Patient Handling • Package Integrity • Contamination Survey • Picture Card Practical TEPP Briefing

16. TEPP Training • In 2009, 2,156 responders were trained using MERRTT • 896 participated in DOE-sponsored training sessions • 1,260 participated in state or local level-sponsored training sessions • 2,735trained thru Independent Study • 670 received continuing education hours (CEH) TEPP Briefing

17. TEPP Exercises • Tabletop, Drill & Exercise Program Manual (Drills-In-A-Box): • Guidance For Planning, Conducting and Evaluating Transportation Emergency Preparedness Tabletops, Drills and Exercises TEPP Briefing

18. TEPP Full-Scale Exercises TEPP Briefing

19. TEPP Full-Scale Exercises • In the past 14 months, TEPP has sponsored the following HSEEP compliant tabletops, drills, and exercises: • Fort Hall, ID – Operation Rad Relief - 1 tabletop and 3 drills • Laguna, NM – Operation Enchantment – 1 full scale exercise • Fort Hall, ID – Operation RadReck – 1 full scale exercise • N. Platte, NE – Operations Great Plains – 1 tabletop, 3 drills, full scale exercise • Groton, CT – Operation RadResponse 3 drills, and full scale TEPP Briefing TEPP Briefing 19

20. Identify Procedures/Plan Weaknesses Identify Training Program Weaknesses No Weakness Identified No Weakness Identified TEPP Implementation Process Determine Applicability Conduct Needs Assessment Adopt Model Procedures Conduct Responder Training Conduct Drills to Validate Procedures & Training Determine Frequency - Repeat as Necessary TEPP Briefing

21. Want to know more? • The TEPP web site provides one-stop shopping • MERRTT Training Schedule • 24-Hour Points of Contact • Model Needs Assessment • Exercise Planning Resources www.em.doe.gov/otem TEPP Briefing

22. Questions ? TEPP Briefing