Jul 23, 2010 · DOCUMENTS THE DNA DIRECTED, MULTI-SERVICE, DOE, FEMA, AND STATE OF CALIFORNIA RESPONSE TO A SIMULATED NUCLEAR WEAPON ACCIDENT IN THE VICINITY OF A HYPOTHETICAL CALIFORNIA TOWN. SUMMARIZES THE HIGHLIGHTS OF SIX DAYS OF FIELD EXERCISE PLAY, INVOLVING OVER 600 ACCIDENT RESPONSE PERSONNEL, AT THE DOE NEVADA TEST SITE IN APRIL OF 1981.

The purpose of NUWAX-81, the tasking for which had been given to DNA by the 24 ATSD(AE) in 1979, was to build and expand upon the advances made since NUWAX-79. 25

Jul 28, 2010 · This is clipped from the 1982 Defense Department film, NUWAX-81 Documentary Nuclear Weapon Accident Exercise. This clip shows the spraying of short-lived radioisotopes via an agricultural...

Attached is Volume I, Executive Summary, of the NUWAX-81 After Action Report. The Executive Summary includes the major lessons learned, recommendations for improvements, and a summary of current initiatives concerning nuclear weapons accident response.

The major exercise objectives were: Exercise the participation of local, state, and federal agencies in the planning and conduct of the exercise; evaluate the interface of the accident response elements with these agencies; Exercise the command and control of the joint DOD/DOE accident response organizations; evaluate their effectiveness in acco...

DOCUMENTS THE DNA DIRECTED, MULTI-SERVICE, DOE, FEMA, AND STATE OF CALIFORNIA RESPONSE TO A SIMULATED NUCLEAR WEAPON ACCIDENT IN THE VICINITY OF A HYPOTHETICAL CALIFORNIA TOWN. SUMMARIZ...more.

Nuclear Weapon Accident Exercise : NUWAX-81 Defense Nuclear Agency Educational Documentary Broken Arrow tells the story of a Nuclear Weapons Accident Exercis...

Produced by the Department of Defense in 1982, this DVD is a fascinating inside glimpse inside the Defense Nuclear Agency's response team as it responds to a simulated nuclear weapon accident near a hypothetical California town.

OSTI.GOV Technical Report: Joint DOD/DOE nuclear weapons accident exercise (NUWAX-81) after action report. Volume 1. Executive Summary

NUWAX-81 allowed previously developed improvements to be verified and expanded aware- ness in the Federal and state governments about the need to develop and practice nuclear weapon accident response. The need for jointly ratified * response agreements between various entities which would respond to an acci-