Rodney Nickell NASA Kennedy Space Center Debbie Coles Brevard County Charles Adams Florida DOH Bureau of Radiation Control

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1 Rodney Nickell NASA Kennedy Space Center Debbie Coles Brevard County Charles Adams Florida DOH Bureau of Radiation Control

2 Introduction Charles Adams NASA Launch History-Rad Only Rodney Nickell Plan/Procedures/Funding/How Respond State Charles Adams County Debbie Coles MSL Mission Rodney Nickell ER Support to Launch ECAMS Rodney Nickell CMHT Charles Adams Questions Charles Adams

3 Number Personnel Type Size of Response Agencies Involved NASA Ulysses Launch 1990 NASA Galileo Launch 1989 NASA New Horizons Launch, 2006 NASA Cassini Launch, 1997

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5 Heat generated through alpha decay of Plutonium 238 passing through thermocouples produces approximately 100 watts of power to charge rover batteries. Official Use Only

6 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Department of Energy Environmental Protection Agency Department of Home Security FEMA Department of Defense United States Air Force United States Coast Guard United States Navy Florida Department of Health Bureau of Radiation Control Division of Emergency Management Brevard County Emergency Management

7 YEAR CRAFT Radioisotope Power System 1989 Galileo 2 GPHS RTGs Ulysses 1 GPHS RTG Mars Pathfinder 3 LWRHU Cassini 3 GPHS RTGs 117 LWRHUs 2003 MER 1 8 LWRHUs MER 2 8 LWRHU New Horizons 1 GPHS RTG Mars Science Lab 1 MMRTG 22 DOE Personnel GPHS RTG General Purpose Heat Source Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (~7.9 kg Pu-238 ) MMRTG Multi-mission Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (~3.5 kg Pu-238) LWRHU--Lightweight Radioisotope Heater Units (some have been made up of 2.7 grams (1/10 ounce), ~31 curies of plutonium dioxide) 112

8 Florida Department of Health Bureau of Radiation Control Florida Division of Emergency Management Brevard County Emergency Management

9 Florida is a County Rule State - County Commissioners have the authority and responsibility to protect their citizens Delegated to Emergency Management (EM) Director If the Governor declares a State of Emergency that authority and responsibility passes to the Governor The governor s representative is delegated that authority EM person located at RADCC or Unified Command

10 State Comprehensive Emergency Plan Annex A, Appendix V details functions and responsibilities for federal agencies, state agencies and local govt s in 50 mile radius. Bureau Standard Operating Procedure describes Bureau response and PAGs No federal funds are provided

11 Governor's Rep at RADCC Person Team at Unified Command when established SEOC usually not activated for launch, but in monitoring mode

12 Joint Field Teams, normally off site Mobile Laboratory Analyze 4 filters, soil, water, swipes Sample Preparation Vehicle Typically 10 People involved

13 Galileo 89 Ulysses 90 Cassini 97 MER Launches 03 New Horizons 06 Mars Science Labs 11

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19 Plans Brevard County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (BC CEMP) with a Radiological Contingency Plan for Space Launches Annex Mission Specific Brevard County Radiological Contingency Plan integrated with KSC/NASA/DOE/USAF/State As defined in CEMP and operational briefings Procedures EOC is activated for a launch and is prepared to issue warnings, alerts and protective actions if required Risk Communication Training and Briefings Coordinator Hospital Emergency Room and Pre-hospital EMS training through REAC/TS Command and Control County through a Multi-agency Coordination Center to the RADCC (Unified Coordination Group)

20 Clear Channel Outdoor has made space available on 7 boards in Brevard and 2 in Orange County

21 Procedures cont. Communications include: Via Radio to PSAPs, First Responders, and hospitals Via call notifications system (reverse 911) Emergency Alert System Digital Bill Boards Twitter, Facebook and other social media Funding Protection of the Public, through Alerting and Warning, is a basic core responsibility of Emergency Management. The County funds all preparedness, training, and response for local agencies. There is no funding for response from the Federal Government.

22 Response Traffic Control Points Security for off-site monitoring sites Continuous media updates for the public Security if there is physical off site impacts Emergency medical support A location for Unified Command off-site Activate Brevard County CEMP and Launch Specific Plan for the MSL

23 Objectives What will it do? Facts Features Limited time to Launch

24 2011 Strategy: Follow the water, assess habitability, return a sample, prepare for humans.msl concept: Mobile laboratory to assess habitability

25 Explore and quantitatively assess a local region on Mars surface as a potential habitat for life, past or present. Assessment of present habitability requires: An evaluation of the characteristics of the environment and the processes that influence it from microscopic to regional scales. A comparison of these characteristics with what is known about the capacity of life, as we know it, to exist in such environments. Determination of past habitability has the added requirement of inferring environments and processes in the past from observation in the present. Such assessments require integration of a wide variety of chemical, physical, and geological measurements and analyses. These analyses would be accomplished by a diverse set of instruments, a sophisticated sampling system, and a rover capable of bringing the payload to a range of sites and supporting it over one Mars year at a carefully chosen landing site.

26 ENTRY, DESCENT, LANDING Guided entry and controlled, powered sky crane descent 20-km diameter landing ellipse CRUISE/APPROACH month cruise Arrive N. hemisphere summer (L s = ) Discovery responsive for landing sites ±60º latitude, <+2 km elevation 800-kg landed mass LAUNCH Nov 25 to Dec 18, 2011 Atlas V (541) SURFACE MISSION Prime mission is one Mars year Latitude-independent and long-lived power source, pending approval 20-km range ~75 kg of science payload Would acquire and analyze samples of rock/regolith Large rover, high clearance; greater mobility than MPF, MER Conceptual Design

27 MSL Mission Overview (cont d)

28 MastCam observes the geological structures and features within the vicinity of the rover APXS determines the chemical composition of rocks, soils, and processed samples Mars Handheld Lens Imager (MAHLI) characterizes the history and processes recorded in geologic materials encountered by MSL ChemCam performs elemental analyses through laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin) performs quantitative mineralogy and elemental composition

29 Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons (DAN) measures the abundance of hydrogen (e.g., in water or hydrated minerals) within 1 meter of the surface SAM Suite Instruments -Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer (QMS) -Gas Chromatograph (GC) -Tunable Laser Spectrometer (TLS) Mars Descent Imager (MARDI) provides detailed imagery of the MSL landing region Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) characterize s the radiation environment on the surface of Mars Rover Environmental Monitoring Station (REMS) measures the meteorological and UV radiation environments. Sample Acquisition, Sample Processing and Handling (SA/SPaH) Process rock cores, small pebbles, or regolith into smaller particles and deliver the processed material to the analytical lab instruments

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32 USAF C-17 Used for Transport of Mars Science Laboratory Rover to KSC

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34 Launch Site Radiological Control Center (RADCC) Coordinating Agency Management Group (CMG) Joint Information Center (JIC) Pre-deployed Field Monitoring Capabilities on-site & Off-Site Environmental Continuous Air Monitoring System ECAMS Field Radiation Monitoring Teams Consequence Management Home Team CMHT

35 RADCC CMG Assessment Command & Control Center JIC RADCC Monitoring Assessment from ECAMs & Field Teams Plum Projection From NARAC using 45 SW Weather Data Protective Action Recommendations CMG Senior Management Reps from NASA, DOE, EPA, FEMA, State of FL & County EOC s JIC PAO s from NASA, DOE, 45 SW, Launch 35 Vehicle, EPA, State & County

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38 Field Monitoring Teams On-site & Off-Site deployment of field monitoring teams equipped with FIDLER detectors, Alpha survey meters, and hi volume air samplers. Field teams made up of personnel from NASA KSC, DOE, Air Force, and State of Florida Bureau of Radiological Health. Instrument readings will be electronically sent to the RADCC & CMHT RAMS servers via use of DOE Tables and MPCD s.

39 Legend: Fxx = Offsite ECAM Nxx = Onsite ECAM

40 T+45 min 0:45 ECAM 5 14:45 (pci-s)/m3: 163,000 SDEV: 17 % ECAM-5 Coast Guard Pu-238 Air Concentration - pci/m :00 14:30 15:00 15:30 16:00 16:30 17:00 Time (EST)

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43 RAMS Overview Mission and Primary Functions Provides centralized collection and management of all data used during a response to a nuclear or radiological event Provides information management and analysis support to scientific personnel Supports production of work products (i.e. Maps) Provides integration and data exchange between multiple response assets, technologies, and personnel

44 NARAC: National Atmospheric Radiological Advisory Capability NARAC can provide Consequence Management (CM) information for a wide range of atmospheric hazards and release types including: Explosive dispersal of radiological material Nuclear explosions Toxic industrial chemical spills Fires Biological agents Chemical agents Nuclear power plant accidents

45 The CMHT: Includes scientists who are experts in radiological assessment. Assesses radiological dose, radiation related health effects and environmental impact, PAGs, mitigation processes, and consequence management activities. Provides interpretations of NARAC predictions. Ensures the development, technical integrity, and scientific defensibility of all summarized and assessed data products. Performs assessment in the field, in conjunction with state and local representatives. Provides a reach-back capability to Consequence Management (CM) Home Teams (RSL, NARAC, etc.).

46 Improved capability for real-time data collection and reducing the human resources required to accomplish that data collection Use of automated ECAMs with data telemetry capability Taking advantage of CMHT concept to bridge initial emergency response phase of response Back-up assessment capabilities supported by NASA ECAM downlink station at NARAC and RAMS downlink at Remote Sensing Lab

47 Combined NASA, DOE, Air Force, State & County assets & personnel are working together to insure a robust deployment will be in place to make prompt & comprehensive assessments and take appropriate protective actions