Savannah River National Laboratory Al Goodwyn, CHP Manager, Counterterrorism and Homeland Security April 7, 2009 Homeland Security Science & Technology Summit (Southeast Region)

2 Savannah River National Laboratory Operated by Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) For the US Department of Energy (DOE) Part of the overall Savannah River Site SRNL serves the nation in three major program areas: National and Homeland Security Energy Security Environmental and Chemical Process Technology Unwavering commitment to: Safety Security Quality Located at the Savannah River Site 310 Square miles (198,400 acres) Near Aiken, SC and Augusta, GA

3 Test & Evaluation Programs Major HS program element Developmental systems COTS equipment Multiple environments Lab-scale, automated Maritime Terrestrial Aerial Mobile ops.

4 Resilient Home Prevention Response Assessment Rebuilding This program supports DHS Presidential Directive #5 “Management of Domestic Incidents.” Goal : To assist in community recovery following a natural disaster by dramatically speeding the return of residents to their homes.

5 Training SRNL’s scientific and radiation experts train first-line law enforcement, emergency management, and government agency personnel to safely perform chemical, biological, and radiation detection and quantification in the event of criminal mishandling or a criminal misuse of these materials Training includes The threat Concepts of chemical and biological agents, and of radiation and radioactive material Proper detection devices Proper search techniques including safety techniques Hands-on activities, practical exercises and realistic scenarios

6 Radiological Response Regional Reachback SRNL supports the DHS Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) Preventative Radiation/Nuclear Detection mission by providing specialized scientific expertise in timely State/local radiation detector alarm adjudication. Partner Labs: SRNL, ORNL/Y-12, BNL & EML Coordinated through the DNDO Joint Analysis Center (JAC) to provide rapid technical and operational interpretation Isotopes and approximate quantities present Identification of possible threat Radiological Assistance Program (RAP) Region 3 first-response resource in assessing an emergency situation and advising decision-makers Forensics Traditional and well as nuclear/radiological forensic capabilities. Venue for the FBI's traditional forensic examination of contaminated evidence

7 Maritime Security Support Maritime Background Radiation Program (MBRP) Commercial vessel surveys Gamma and neutron surveys Emphasis on >300 GT Preventive Rad/Nuc Detection (PRND) West Coast Pilot San Diego and Seattle/Puget Sound Gamma and neutron surveys Mapping Surveys of Ports, Harbors and Marinas Alarm frequency Tactics, techniques and procedures Non-Container Maritime Transport (NCMT) Pathways Study Rad/Nuc security improvement recommendations Maritime Security Analysis Model (MSRAM) Rad/Nuc Module Integration Consequence analysis Mitigation Strategies AVERT® Port-Specific Vulnerabilities Modeling

8 First Responders’ Unmanned Reconnaissance & Retrieval Vehicles Commercially available robotic-based vehicles carrying mission-specific payloads enter hostile or unknown environments prior to human entry Continual video Intel gathering Material transport tool Swipes of RAD material and reports does rate analysis Unmanned Aerial System (rotary wing) in development to support ground operations – imagery, radiation field mapping, ground sampling, operations support Overhead imagery Generates current topography map of area Beyond-line-of sight communications Fisheye raw image from vehicle platform video camera. Camera and robot tracks are seen at the bottom of the image. Robotic vehicles are capable of navigating in rough terrain New 3-D maps state height of the rubble pile