[sejsmj]

Consider a van parked in a lot outside a professional football stadium in Atlanta, GA on a Sunday afternoon. One ounce of radioactive isotope Cesium 137 was mixed in with the explosive that has been detonated and has caused considerable blast damage. The dust cloud carries toward the nearby downtown area on a light wind speed of 10 mph. (Hint: Aristatek.com website for helpful in answering this question).

a. How could the bomb have been detonated?

b. A professional emergency responder should be concerned about the following routes of radiation exposure for a person on scene and a person downtown?

c. What actions should an exposed person take during the immediate aftermath of the explosion?

d. Lastly, if radioactive material is involved in a disaster incident such as this and there is a fire ongoing in the area where the container is located (possibly the container itself), name five actions that should be taken to handle the situation.

[ScottGem]

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[Fr_Chuck]

The practical answer is not the school answer,

Atlanta nor any city would be aware of the radiation in the blast and first responders would not be aware of this danger and may not for some time, unless there was some statement or warning about it from the people doing the blast.

Atlanta only has one professional football location which is in the down town area, so at 10 MPH, the entire down town would be effected prior to any notification or even first responding people knowing that there is this threat.

Not your answer but of course your question is not real life

[sejsmj]

Fr Chuck, I do appreciate the sarcasm, it really brighten my cramming section. I am from ATL so saying the Falcons are professionals is a big boost for them. Have you seen how they are playing this year. Thanks again

[Fr_Chuck]

I have been to some games, wish I could say they were playing. OK more sarcasm.

There is actually radioactive material stored just a few miles from the stadium, ( there was a reactor just a few miles say 10 years ago) There were all sorts of "plans" in place for various events that happened.

A few hints
1. air contamination ends how, and at what rate, so this amount would end in what amount of time, so with that wind rate what is effected area. ( good by CNN)

2. contamination will spread first from blast, then by air,
** they did not seem to mention vechiles spreading but what the heck. Where is the least risk at the scene when addressing the problem.

3. there is normally a standard emergency plan for certain events, what groups or who gets to be notified.

Not sure if part of your study, but Atlanta actually has a special decontamination team and set up for people and supplies. And a special task force for something like this also

Hard to help since most likely they are wanting specific answers according to your text book, which may not be real life at times