Emergency Preparedness

A helicopter drops water on a wildland fire at the Nevada National Security Site.

Emergency personnel prepare for live-burn training at the Savannah River Site.

The Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center sets up for an exercise.

Members of the Nuclear/Radiological Advisory Team on board a vessel during a response mission.

The NNSA/Department of Energy Emergency Operations Center.

Members of the NNSA/Department of Energy Emergency Operations team confer.

Members of the Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site team discuss the situation during an exercise.

As part of work for National Nuclear Security Administration’s Office of Nuclear Incident Response, the National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center (NARAC) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory provides tools and expertise to simulate and map the spread and impacts of hazardous materials accidentally or intentionally released into the atmosphere. NARAC plume predictions are used to inform decisions on actions to protect the public and the environment.

Security police officers at Los Alamos National Laboratory work on a plan.