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by  Joel Fauson

DoD 3150.8-M

Nuclear Weapon Accident
Response Procedures
(NARP)

February 22, 2005
Office of the Assistant to the
Secretary of Defense for
Nuclear and Chemical and Biological
Defense Programs
DoD 3150.8-M, February 22, 2005

FOREWORD

This Manual is issued under the authority of DoD Directive 3150.8 (reference (a)), and
supersedes DoD 3150.8-M (reference (b)). While the National Response Plan (NRP) (reference
(c))1 was released on January 6, 2005, the current Federal Response Plan (FRP) and the Federal
Radiological Emergency Response Plan (FRERP) (references (d) and (e)) remain in effect
pending full NRP implementation. This edition of DoD 3150.8-M has been developed in
conformance with references (d) and (e) and is in consonance with reference (c). It will serve as
a bridging document until a new edition is developed under updated DoD guidance to meet the
NRP requirements.

This Manual provides a concept of operations as well as functional information necessary to
execute a comprehensive and unified response to a nuclear weapon accident. It provides
information for planners and response elements to understand the overall response concept and
roles the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security
Administration (DOE/NNSA) assume as both Lead Federal Agency (LFA) and as a coordinating
or cooperating agency under the NRP.

This Manual assumes that a radiological release has occurred because of a nuclear weapon
accident and that consequence management operations are required. This edition of this Manual
also provides information on site remediation (SR) activities after an accident involving a
nuclear weapon. It does not detail all aspects of SR, but it does define a process by which
response organizations may effectively face the challenge of SR. Crisis response operations to
respond to a terrorist attack on a U.S. weapon are not addressed in this Manual.

This Manual provides a model response organization reflecting the philosophy and
structure used by State and local responders nationwide. It identifies publications and resources
used in response efforts, describes the policies and responsibilities outlined in the publications,
identifies specific radiological information available in other publications, and provides a basis
for developing detailed plans tailored to each Theater of Operations and Response Task Force
(RTF) area of operations.

This Manual applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the Military Departments,
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector
General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all
other organizational entities in the Department of Defense (hereafter referred to collectively as
the “DoD Components”). The term “Military Services,” as used herein, refers to the Army, the
Navy, the Air Force, and the Marine Corps. The DOE/NNSA and other Federal Agencies may
also use this Manual when operating with the Department of Defense.

1 National Response Plan is available at http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/NRP_FullText.pdf
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Suggestions to update or improve this Manual are encouraged. Proposed changes may be
submitted to the following address:

The Office of the Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Matters
3050 Defense Pentagon
Room 3C125
Washington, D.C. 20301-3050

Additional copies of this manual may be downloaded from the Washington Headquarters
Services Directives and Records Division web site at:

http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pub1.html.

Dale Klein
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for
Nuclear and Chemical and Biological
Defense Programs

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE
FOREWORD 2

TABLE OF CONTENTS 4

FIGURES 7

TABLES 11

REFERENCES 13

DEFINITIONS 18

ABBREVIATIONS AND/OR ACRONYMS 36

CHAPTER 1 -- INTRODUCTION 42

CHAPTER 2 -- FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE TIERS AND NUCLEAR WEAPON 56
ACCIDENT RESPONSE ASSETS AND RESOURCES

CHAPTER 3 -- U.S. TERRITORY NUCLEAR WEAPON ACCIDENT 82
RESPONSE PHASE I: NOTIFICATION AND DEPLOYMENT

CHAPTER 4 -- U.S. TERRITORY NUCLEAR WEAPON ACCIDENT 88
RESPONSE PHASE II: INITIAL RESPONSE

CHAPTER 5 -- U.S. TERRITORY NUCLEAR WEAPON ACCIDENT 97
RESPONSE PHASE III: ACCIDENT SITE CONSOLIDATION

CHAPTER 6 -- U.S. TERRITORY NUCLEAR WEAPON ACCIDENT 104
RESPONSE PHASE IV: WEAPON RECOVERY OPERATIONS
AND DISPOSITION

CHAPTER 7 -- U.S. TERRITORY NUCLEAR WEAPON ACCIDENT 112
RESPONSE PHASE V: SITE REMEDIATION (SR)

CHAPTER 8 -- SHIPBOARD ACCIDENT RESPONSE 134

CHAPTER 9 -- FOREIGN TERRITORY U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPON 139
ACCIDENT RESPONSE CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS, continued

PAGE
CHAPTER 10 -- RADIOLOGICAL HAZARD AND SAFETY 144
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

CHAPTER 11 – MEDICAL 158

CHAPTER 12 – SECURITY 166

CHAPTER 13 -- COMMUNICATIONS 175

CHAPTER 14 -- PUBLIC AFFAIRS 183

CHAPTER 15 -- LEGAL 191

CHAPTER 16 -- LOGISTICS SUPPORT 195

CHAPTER 17 -- TRAINING 200

APPENDICES

AP1. Appendix 1, SHIPBOARD RADIOLOGICAL MONITORING AND CONTROL 205
AP2. Appendix 2, SHIPBOARD FIREFIGHTING 208
AP3. Appendix 3, RADIOLOGICAL MONITORING EQUIPMENT 210
AP4. Appendix 4, RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS, CHARACTERISTICS, 215
HAZARDS, AND HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS
AP5. Appendix 5, RADIATION DETECTION AND MEASUREMENT 221
AP6. Appendix 6, AREA AND RESOURCE SURVEYS 230
AP7. Appendix 7, ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING 235
AP8. Appendix 8, BIOASSAY PROCEDURES 241
AP9. Appendix 9, SPECIALIZED RADIOLOGICAL MONITORING 249
AND HAZARD ASSESSMENT CAPABILITIES
AP10. Appendix 10, CONTAMINATION CONTROL 270
AP11. Appendix 11, RESPIRATORY AND PERSONNEL PROTECTION 278
AP12. Appendix 12, RADIOLOGICAL MONITORING, MEASUREMENT, 285
AND CONTROL FORMS
AP13. Appendix 13, CONVERSION FACTORS FOR WEAPONS GRADE 301
PLUTONIUM (PU)
AP14. Appendix 14, NON-RADIOLOGICAL TOXIC HAZARDS 308
AP15. Appendix 15, JOINT INFORMATION CENTER/COMBINED INFORMATION
BUREAU (JIC/CIB) ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMUNICATION, 312
AND LOGISTIC SUPPORT AND/OR EQUIPMENT
AP16. Appendix 16, JIC/CIB RECOMMENDED KEY MESSAGES AND 314
NON-RELEASABLE INFORMATION

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TABLE OF CONTENTS, continued
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AP17. Appendix 17, PUBLIC AFFAIRS GUIDANCE AND/OR CONTINGENCY 317
RELEASES
AP18. Appendix 18, PUBLIC AFFAIRS RADIATION FACT SHEETS 323
AP19. Appendix 19, PUBLIC AFFAIRS CHECK LIST 333
AP20. Appendix 20, PERTINENT STATUTES AND INSTRUCTIONS 334
AP21. Appendix 21, LOGISTICS RESOURCES 340

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FIGURES

Figure Page
Figure C1.F1. Basic Incident Command System (ICS) Structure 44
Figure C1.F2. Unified Command and the Federal Response 45
Figure C1.F3. Notional Response Phase Timeline 51
Figure C1.F4. Nuclear Weapon Accident Response Operations Flow Diagram 52-54
Figure C2.F1. Functional Response Tiers and Associated Assets 58-59
Figure C2.F2. Mission, Deployment Timeframe, and Capabilities of the Joint 61-62
Nuclear Accident/Incident Response Team (JNAIRT)
Figure C2.F3. Mission, Deployment Timeframe, and Capabilities of the Office of 62
the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Crisis Coordination Group (CCG)
Figure C2.F4. Mission, Deployment Timeframe, and Capabilities of the Joint 63
Nuclear Accident Coordinating Center (JNACC)
Figure C2.F5. Mission, Deployment Timeframe, and Capabilities of the 63
Consequence Management Advisory Team (CMAT)
Figure C2.F6. Mission, Deployment Timeframe, and Capabilities of the Joint 64
Task Force Civil Support (JTF-CS)
Figure C2.F7. Mission, Deployment Timeframe, and Capabilities of the U.S. Air 65
Force (USAF) HARVEST FALCON/EAGLE Packages
Figure C2.F8. Mission, Deployment Timeframe, and Capabilities of the USAF 65-66
Expeditionary Medical Support (EMEDS)
Figure C2.F9. Mission, Deployment Timeframe, and Capabilities of the USAF 66
Prime Base Engineer Emergency Forces (BEEF) Packages
Figure C2.F10. Mission, Deployment Timeframe, and Capabilities of the USAF 66-67
Fire Protection Package
Figure C2.F11. Mission, Deployment Timeframe, and Capabilities of the USAF 67
Civil Engineer Readiness Package
Figure C2.F12. Mission, Deployment Timeframe, and Capabilities of the USAF 68
RED HORSE Squadrons
Figure C2.F13. Mission, Deployment Timeframe, and Capabilities of the U.S. 69
Military Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Teams
Figure C2.F14. Mission, Deployment Timeframe, and Capabilities of the USAF 69-70
HAMMER ACE Package
Figure C2.F15. Mission, Deployment Timeframe, and Capabilities of the U.S. 70-71
Army Radiological Advisory Medical Team (RAMT)
Figure C2.F16. Mission, Deployment Timeframe, and Capabilities of the Air 71
Force Radiation Assessment Team (AFRAT)
Figure C2.F17. Mission, Deployment Timeframe, and Capabilities of the U.S. 72
Navy Forward Deployable Preventive Medicine Unit (FDPMU)

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Figure Page
Figure C2.F18. Mission, Deployment Timeframe, and Capabilities of the Federal 73-74
Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center (FRMAC)
Figure C2.F19. Mission, Deployment Timeframe, and Capabilities of the Aerial 74
Measuring System (AMS)
Figure C2.F20. Mission, Deployment Timeframe, and Capabilities of the 75
Atmospheric Release Advisory Capability (ARAC)
Figure C2.F21. Mission, Deployment Timeframe, and Capabilities of the Accident 75-76
Response Group (ARG)
Figure C2.F22. Mission, Deployment Timeframe, and Capabilities of the 77
Department of Energy (DOE)’s Radiological Assistance Program
(RAP)
Figure C2.F23. Mission, Deployment Timeframe, and Capabilities of the 77-78
Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site (REAC/TS)
Figure C2.F24. Mission, Deployment Timeframe, and Capabilities of the 78
Consequence Management Planning Team (CMPT)
Figure C2.F25. Mission, Deployment Timeframe, and Capabilities of the 78-79
Consequence Management Home Team (CMHT)
Figure C2.F26. Mission, Deployment Timeframe, and Capabilities of the 79
Consequence Management Response Team (CMRT) I
Figure C2.F27. Mission, Deployment Timeframe, and Capabilities of the CMRT 79-80
II
Figure C3.F1. DoD Notification and Activation Flow (U.S. Territory) 83
Figure C3.F2. DOE/National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Response 86
Asset Notification Flow
Figure C4.F1. Accident Site Organization and Security Layout 92
Figure C5.F1. On-Scene Commander (OSC) General Composition 98
Figure C7.F1. SR Activities and the Phases of a Nuclear Weapon 113
Accident Response
Figure C7.F2. The SR Process 114
Figure C7.F3. SR: Early Stages 117
Figure C7.F4. Remediation Phase Relationships 120
Figure C7.F5. Site Remediation Working Group (SRWG) Approval and 121
Coordination Process
Figure C7.F6. Notional SR Plan and Approval Process 128
Figure C7.F7. Steps in the Approval Process 132
Figure C9.F1. Foreign Territory Notification and Response 141
Figure C10.F1. Accident Site Health Group (ASHG) Functional Organization 151
Figure C10.F2. Sample Protective Action Recommendation (PAR) Form 157
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Figure C12.F1. Security Concept 171
Figure C13.F1. Signal Operating Instruction (SOI) 181
Figure AP4.F1. Inverse Square Law 219
Figure AP4.F2. Stay Time 220
Figure AP4.F3. Cumulative Dose 220
Figure AP5.F1. Spectral Plot 226
Figure AP7.F1. Air Sampler Placement 237
Figure AP7.F2. Equation for Initial Field Evaluation of Air Sampling Data 239
Figure AP7.F3. Equation for Field Evaluation of Air Sampling Data 239
Figure AP8.F1. Estimated 50-Year Committed Effective Dose 244
Figure AP9.F1. Hazard Prediction and Assessment Capability (HPAC) Modeling 250
Prediction: Surface Dose
Figure AP9.F2. HPAC Modeling Prediction: Hazards Area Effects 250
Figure AP9.F3. HPAC Process 251
Figure AP9.F4. Hotspot Downwind Plume Centerline (Stability A-F) 255
Figure AP9.F5. Hotspot Plume Contour Plot 256
Figure AP9.F6. Hotspot Plume Contours Displayed on Aerial Photograph 257
Figure AP9.F7. Virtual FIDLER Detector for Exercise Support 258
Figure AP9.F8. ARAC Plot: Lung Dose 261
Figure AP9.F9. ARAC Plot: Deposition 262
Figure AP9.F10. Aerial Survey Results: Early Phase Radiological Data 266
Figure AP9.F11. Aerial Survey Results: Radiological Data Measurements, AMS 267
Serpentine, and Field Measurements
Figure AP9.F12. Aerial Survey Results: Radiological Data Measurements, AMS 268
Contours, and AMS KIWI
Figure AP10.F1. Personnel Contamination Control Station (CCS) (Example) 272
Figure AP10.F2. Vehicle CCS (Example) 277
Figure AP11.F1. Aerial-Survey Results: Protective Action Guides (PAGs), 282
Evacuation PAGs, and Quarantine Areas
Figure AP11.F2. Equation for Calculating Resuspension Factor (RF) 282
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Figure AP12.F1. FRMAC Form 1: Field Monitoring Log 288
Figure AP12.F2. FRMAC Form 2: Sample Control Form 290
Figure AP12.F3. FMRAC Form 3: Team, Instrument, and Equipment Information 292
Log
Figure AP12.F4. FRMAC Form 4: Daily Instrument Quality Control (QC) Checks 294
Form
Figure AP12.F5. FRMAC Form 5: Data Acquisition Log 296
Figure AP12.F6. FRMAC Form 6: Local Area Monitoring (LAM) Thermo- 298
Luminescent Dosimeters (TLDs)
Figure AP12.F7. FRMAC Form 7: Personnel TLD Data Sheet 300
Figure AP17.F1. Contingency Release Number 1 317-318
Figure AP17.F2. Contingency Release Number 2 319
Figure AP17.F3. Contingency Release Number 3 319-320
Figure AP17.F4. Contingency Release Number 4-A 321
Figure AP17.F5. Contingency Release Number 4-B 322
Figure AP18.F1. Fact Sheet 1: Characteristics, Hazards, and Health Considerations 323-324
of Plutonium
Figure AP18.F2. Fact Sheet 2: Medical Department Fact Sheet on Plutonium 325-326
Figure AP18.F3. Fact Sheet 3: Plutonium Fact Sheet 327-328
Figure AP18.F4. Fact Sheet 4: Characteristics, Hazards, and Health Considerations 329-330
of Uranium
Figure AP18.F5. Fact Sheet 5: Characteristics, Hazards, and Health Considerations 331-332
of Tritium

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