Course

Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
DTRA-0022
Version:
3
Organization's ID:
DNWS NR 130
Organization:
Defense Threat Reduction Agency/Defense Nuclear Weapons School
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
5 days
Minimum Passing Score:
70
ACE Credit Recommendation Period:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Upper-Division Baccalaureate 3 Radiation Protection
Description

Objective:

Advanced Diagnostic Training 1 (ADT-1) is a five-day course designed for CWMD first responders-including state, local, federal, and tribal fire, tribal medical, and tribal law enforcement, as well as DoW personnel. The course focuses on WMD threat awareness, interagency policy, national response architecture, nuclear science, radiation detector theory, and crisis communications. The target audiences are those who currently work as, or may support, designated U.S. Government CWMD authorities. This course meets interagency standards for national crisis response, and is recognized by both the FBI and NNSA NEST Standards and Training Programs (NSTP).

Learning Outcomes:

  • Categorize the purpose of the interagency Advanced Diagnostics Training (ADT) program
  • Categorize responsibilities of counter weapons of mass destruction response equities in accordance with the National Response Framework (NRF)
  • Compile the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) role during each technical phase of a weapon of mass destruction incident
  • Categorize the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) responsibilities during a WMD response
  • Categorize basic concepts of physics and physical science that apply to Threat Awareness
  • Structure basic concepts of radioactivity decay that apply to Threat Awareness
  • Structure radiation interactions with matter that apply to Threat Awareness
  • Perform basic calculations that apply to Advanced Diagnostics Training
  • Categorize the biological effects of ionizing radiation
  • Discuss personnel protection considerations
  • Categorize basic concepts of radiation detection theory
  • Incorporate concepts of gamma spectroscopy to maximize the spectrum collection capabilities
  • Categorize radiological and nuclear materials of concern
  • Organize principles of nuclear explosions to have an awareness level knowledge of nuclear threats
  • Organize communications standards for spectrum data submission to the Triage program
  • Recognize equipment that may commonly be used to detect radiation
  • Structure the interagency Point Search techniques used to maintain Threat Awareness of radiological and nuclear materials

General Topics:

  • National Response Framework
  • FBI Crisis Response Overview
  • NNSA Crisis Response Overview
  • Physics and Physical Concepts
  • Radioactivity and Radioactive Decay
  • Interactions of Radiation with Matter
  • Radiological Units of Measure
  • Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation
  • Personnel Protection
  • Detector Theory
  • Gamma Spectroscopy
  • Radiological and Nuclear Materials of Concern (RMOC & NMOC)
  • Principles of Nuclear Explosions
  • NNSA TRIAGE Program
  • Radiation Detector Overview
  • Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Classroom Exercise
  • Computer Based Training
  • Lectures
  • Practical Exercises

Methods of Assessment:

  • Examinations
  • Quizzes
Supplemental Materials
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