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

Milwaukee County Emergency Management Carl Stenbol

“Miss Atomic Bomb” 1957

Lee Merlin

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

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)

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

Is your community impacted?

Is your community impacted?

Is your community impacted?

Is your community impacted?

Is your community impacted?

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

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

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

Economic Impact of a Radiological Incident

Potentially enormous, both business and personal

Prolonged public fixation

Large government clean-up cost

Agricultural impact

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.

CNN Video Clip

Goiania, Brazil 1987

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

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)

Results of TMI

No nuclear plants constructed since 1979

Local industries impacted Hershey’s Chocolate Real Estate Hotels

How would this affect Wisconsin?

Recent product recalls have a “ripple” effect Agriculture Natural Resources Tourism

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.

Group Reports

What gaps have you identified in your planning?

What gaps have you identified in your resources?