National Analytical Radiation Environmental Laboratory
Nuclear Emergency Response
 The NAREL emergency response teams support EPA's overall emergency preparedness responsibility. Teams are trained and equipped to respond to nuclear emergencies anywhere in the nation. A mobile radioanalytical laboratory and the latest radiation survey and communications equipment are maintained
in a constant state of readiness for deployment at a moment's notice.
The NAREL staff responded at Three Mile Island and provide support to NASA launches carrying nuclear-powered satellites. Following the Chernobyl In the year 2000, NAREL responded to three national radiation
emergencies: to the possible contamination from the Japanese release
at Tokaimura and to the potential environmental contamination associated
with the fires near the Hanford site in the State of Washington
and near the Los
Alamos National Laboratory |
