First Response Guidance For Dirty Bomb Scenario

First Response Guidance For Dirty Bomb Scenario

If a so-called “dirty bomb” exploded in a populated area, first responders would have to make immediate decisions to lessen health impacts on people who might be exposed to radioactive material. In a cover article in the April issue of the Health Physics journal, Brookhaven National Laboratory health physicist Stephen Musolino and Sandia National Laboratories senior scientist Frederick Harper offer guidance to first responders, planners, and other decision makers for protective actions during the first 48 hours after such a device – formally known as a radiological dispersal device (RDD) -- has been detonated.

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<a href="http://www.physorg.com/news63899665.html">First Response Guidance For Dirty Bomb Scenario</a> If a so-called “dirty bomb” exploded in a populated area, first responders would have to make immediate decisions to lessen health impacts on people who might be exposed to radioactive material. In a cover article in the April issue of the Health Physics journal, Brookhaven National Laboratory health physicist Stephen Musolino and Sandia National Laboratories senior scientist Frederick Harper offer guidance to first responders, planners, and other decision makers for protective actions during the first 48 hours after such a device – formally known as a radiological dispersal device (RDD) -- has been detonated.