Isotope Crossroads: New Haven

Isotope Crossroads: New Haven
29 October 2024
8:00 AM - 4:00 pm
Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale

Isotope Crossroads: New Haven is a Radiological Transportation Security Tabletop Exercise (TTX) sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE)/National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)/Office of Radiological Security (ORS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)/Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate (WMDD)/Nuclear and Radiological Countermeasures Unit (NRCU).

The purpose of the TTX is to promote information sharing, joint situational awareness, team building, and problem resolution in a crisis response situation with Federal, State, and Local law enforcement and emergency response personnel, regulatory agencies, transportation companies, and radioactive material production companies among others when dealing with a Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) incident scenario involving Category 1 and 2 radioactive materials in commercial transit. Radioactive materials and transportation routes through the New Haven Area of Responsibility (AOR), transportation companies, incident response procedures, and crisis communications will be discussed during this one-day, no-fault, discussion-based exercise.

PARTICIPATION

Participant disciplines that would benefit from attending Isotope Crossroads are:

• Law Enforcement
• Fire/EMS
• HazMat
• Emergency Management
• State authorities to include regulatory authorities
• Civil Support and other military
• Dispatch and Communications
• Intelligence Gathering
• Fusion Centers
• Healthcare
• Academia
• Private Sector

Federal, State, Local, and Tribal entities are all welcome.

REGISTRATION

If you are interested in participating, please register no later than Wednesday, 23 October 2024.

POINTS OF CONTACT

Stephen Ryczer, WMDC, FBI New Haven, E-mail: sryczer@fbi.gov, Phone: 230-777-6311

Megan Rue, WMDC, FBI New Haven, E-mail: mjrue@fbi.gov