[ RadSafe ] DHS PLANNING SCENARIOS -Scenario 1: Nuclear Detonation

[Gerry Blackwood]

[It only took DHS two years to come up with this and sometimes I really wonder if anyone has a clue.... If you are interested in this report please contact me off line]
PLANNING SCENARIOS 
Executive Summaries 
Created for Use in National, Federal, State,
and Local Homeland Security Preparedness Activities 
The Homeland Security Council 
David Howe, Senior Director for Response and Planning 
July 2004 
Version 2.0 
Contents 
Introduction................................................................................................................................... iii
Common Response Threads .......................................................................................................... vi
Mission Areas ............................................................................................................................... vii
Scenario 1: Nuclear Detonation – 10-Kiloton Improvised Nuclear Device ................................ 1-1
Scenario 2: Biological Attack – Aerosol Anthrax ....................................................................... 2-1
Scenario 3: Biological Disease Outbreak – Pandemic Influenza................................................. 3-1
Scenario 4: Biological Attack – Plague ....................................................................................... 4-1
Scenario 5: Chemical Attack – Blister Agent .............................................................................. 5-1
Scenario 6: Chemical Attack – Toxic Industrial Chemicals........................................................ 6-1
Scenario 7: Chemical Attack – Nerve Agent............................................................................... 7-1
Scenario 8: Chemical Attack – Chlorine Tank Explosion ........................................................... 8-1
Scenario 9: Natural Disaster – Major Earthquake ....................................................................... 9-1
Scenario 10: Natural Disaster – Major Hurricane...................................................................... 10-1
Scenario 11: Radiological Attack – Radiological Dispersal Devices........................................ 11-1
Scenario 12: Explosives Attack – Bombing Using Improvised Explosive Device ................... 12-1
Scenario 13: Biological Attack – Food Contamination ............................................................. 13-1
Scenario 14: Biological Attack – Foreign Animal Disease (Foot and Mouth Disease) ............ 14-1
Scenario 15: Cyber Attack ......................................................................................................... 15-1
Appendix: Scenario Working Group Members.......................................................................... A-1 






"Dante once said that the hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a period of moral crisis maintain their neutrality."