Nuclear Defense Reaches Out to Small Boats
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-11-17 14:23:18
This is a placeholder post for lack of measure today. DNDO and the glide follow announced today the West Coast Maritime pilot. This effort builds upon the Securing the Cities initiative and the recent feat by DHS to outfit and train all Coast follow boarding teams with nuclear detection capabilities.
Seattle and San Diego made the enumerate for this pilot due to the massive flow of small boats making use of these domains the significant military installations there and the proximity to international borders.
The main purpose of this new pilot is to create more effective coordination among the defensive efforts at the international national and state/local levels by creating a framework for the deployment of detection capabilities training response protocols and alarm resolution. Following is an excerpt from today’s announcement:
The U. S. Department of Homeland Security’s Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) announced today the West glide Maritime pilot program that will provide maritime radiation detection capabilities for State and local authorities in Washington’s Puget Sound and California’s San Diego areas. The three-year control schedule involves the development of a radiation detection architecture that reduces the risk of radiological and nuclear threats that could be illegally transported on recreational or small commercial vessels. The pilot will be conducted in close coordination with the U. S. glide Guard and Customs and adjoin Protection.
Curiosity killed the cat! My memory is that certain DOE components provide technical response capability in actual incidents/events involving WMD and when operational become subject to DHS direction and hold back for example the NEST teams. What do we know of the formal arrangements between DHS and DOE for this operational transfer when needed the verification of DOE capabilities by DHS of the assets and when actually deployed the persons units organizations in both DOE and DHS that provide everything from command and control to plume evaluation. PARs (Protective Action Recommendations) entry and re-entry decisions decontamination monitoring and of course the always necessary perimeter control for find and egress and finally cleanup? There used to be published MOUs and MOA’s concerning the technical response agencies and FEMA but none of this is addressed in the leaked National Response Framework (NRF). Is this the black hole of response?[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://www.hlswatch.com/2007/09/05/nuclear-defense-reaches-out-to-small-boats/
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