REAC/TS hosts NNSA’s Ann Heinrich and Kirk Czap for site visit

REAC/TS hosts NNSA’s Ann Heinrich and Kirk Czap for site visit

July 21, 2021 

The Radiation Assistance Center/Training Site (REAC/TS) recently hosted National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Director for the Office of Nuclear Incident Policy and Cooperation Ann Heinrich (right) and Emergency Management Specialist Kirk Czap (middle) for a site visit. ORISE Director Jim Vosburg (second from right), REAC/TS Director Dr. Carol Iddins (second from left), and REAC/TS Associate Director Dr. Mark Ervin (left) met with Heinrich and Czap to discuss strategic planning for future REAC/TS activities.

REAC/TS hosts NNSA’s Ann Heinrich and Kirk Czap for site visit

Heinrich and Czap also visited the REAC/TS Cytogenetic Biodosimetry Laboratory (CBL) where CBL Director Adayabalam Balajee (pictured left, second from left) and Lead Biologist Maria Escalona (pictured left, second from right) demonstrated operational aspects of the Dicentric Chromosome Assay using the automated Metafer microscope platforms and discussed future biodosimetry activities.

REAC/TS supports DOE’s NNSA to strengthen medical response to radiation emergencies. REAC/TS also provides direct support for the NNSA’s Office of Emergency OperationsOffice of Counterterrorism & Counterproliferation, the Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center, and DOE’s Office of Science.

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