CBRN Considerations
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City
Provo
St. George
Cedar City
Boise
Spokane
CBRN Considerations
1,000 MW Light Water Reactor
Uranium Enrichment Facility
Plutonium Reprocessing Facility
•Phosgene - Unknown locations/ quantities
•Transportation & Movement routes
- Phosgene
- Choking agent affecting respiratory system
- Used as a limited area denial operation
CBRN Concept of Ops
Mitigation
Protection
DetectionConsequence Management
- Avoidance - Force Equipping Policy (individual level)- Pre-deployment skills trg- Monitoring- Control Access
- Psychological Effects- CTF Credibility- Troop Will to Fight
- Mass Casualty Mgmt- Environmental Impacts – soonest return to normalcy- Handing over incident site to local authorities
- Prevention of contamination spread- Localized avoidance/ evacuation- Preparation of medical/ logistics trains
- Intel collection- Medical Surveillance- Environmental Monitoring
Potential Impacts• Most likely
– Chem Improvised Explosive Device (Phosgene)• Short term area denial & initial casualties• Long term supportive care may be required for victims (exceeds CTF
medical capacity)• Psychological effects
– Radiological Dispersal Device (RDD)• Area denial• Specialized long term medical care• Psychological Effects
• Worst Case – Breach of containment from any of 3 facilities– Long term widespread area denial– Mass casualty incident, long term medical effects