1. Case Study: INEEL Reactor Release
Disaster Behavioral Health
Randal Beaton, PhD, EMT
Case Study:
INEEL Reactor Release

2. Case Study: INEEL Reactor Release
Paralleling the events surrounding the Three Mile Island Nuclear Reactor, the DoE reports that one of the few operating nuclear reactors at INEEL has released a small amount of radioactive material into the atmosphere.
What are the behavioral health considerations at this juncture?
What is the appropriate health risk communication message?

3. Case Study: INEEL Reactor Release
Due to unanticipated engineering and technological failures, the potential for a much larger release is announced. Evacuation is ordered for a ten square mile area surrounding the reactor.
What are the behavioral health considerations now?

4. Case Study: INEEL Reactor Release
The larger release is avoided and the reactor is eventually stabilized.
What are the behavioral health implications of this disaster – downstream?
Psychoeconomics – property values?
How do you address health concerns of citizens about their (very small) exposure?