학술논문
Adapting the U.S. Domestic Radiological Emergency Response Process to an Overseas Incident: FRMAC Without the F
Document Type
Academic Journal
Source
Health Physics. May 01, 2012 102(5):485-488
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
0017-9078
Abstract
ABSTRACT: Following the 11 March 2011 Japan earthquake, tsunami, and ensuing reactor accident, the United States rapidly activated and deployed U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) emergency response teams. For more than two months, hundreds of DOE/NNSA headquarters and National Laboratory personnel participated on a field team in Japan or in Home Teams in the U.S. Guided by years of planning and training, the response teams successfully completed their mission and built important new partnerships. They employed the processes developed by the Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center (FRMAC) by adapting them to operating in a foreign country.