Responding to a Mass Radiation Emergency (Panel discussion)

This panel discussion was one of several at a one day conference, Responding to New Nuclear Challenges, held May 19, 2011, in Washington, DC. The panel was made up of Joseph E. Fitzgerald, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC, Moderator; Yoshikura Haraguchi, National Hospital Tokyo Disaster Medical Center, Dept of Critical Care Medicine; Steven M. Becker, Dept. of Environmental Health Sciences, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham SPH; Scott Deitchman, National Center for Environmental Health and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, CDC; Michael Gresalfi, CBRNE, Response Directorate, FEMA.

This conference focused on policies and new proposals to strengthen the capacity of major U.S. cities, and the nation as a whole, to withstand a nuclear catastrophe.