{"id":449,"date":"2024-07-29T17:52:21","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T17:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hvhappens.com\/?p=449"},"modified":"2024-07-29T17:52:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T17:52:21","slug":"texas-dps-responds-to-fire-containing-nuclear-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hvhappens.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/29\/texas-dps-responds-to-fire-containing-nuclear-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas DPS Responds to Fire Containing Nuclear Materials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#abb8c3\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">Press Release <\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#abb8c3\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">07-29-2024<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" src=\"https:\/\/hvhappens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1589-1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-446\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>AUSTIN \u2013 On Friday, July 19, around 7:45 p.m., members of the Texas Department of Public Safety\u2019s (DPS) Radiation\/Nuclear Detection Unit, along with the Upton County Sheriff\u2019s Office, Texas Department of Transportation and other local agencies, responded to the scene of a truck tractor semi-trailer on fire along State Highway 329 northwest of Rankin, Texas. The trailer was transporting UN3332\u2014a radioactive material that contains Cesium-137 which can pose a serious health threat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The road was immediately closed by local authorities, and DPS personnel began taking action to ensure the public\u2019s safety, as well as that of the first responders who had been exposed to potential radiation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DPS Corporal Scott Keane screened the area for radiation using his vehicle\u2019s radiation detection system and found the area was clear. Corporal Keane and Corporal Dustin Henderson then conducted radiation contamination surveys on each of the first responders using their handheld radiation survey equipment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once Corporals Keane and Henderson had secured the burned truck tractor semi-trailer and determined the area was safe, the company was allowed to safely transport the UN3332 back to its facility.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The road reopened to traffic around 11 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"711\" src=\"https:\/\/hvhappens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1587-1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-447\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About DPS\u2019&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Radiation\/Nuclear Detection Unit<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DPS\u2019 Radiation\/Nuclear Detection Unit is housed under the Texas Highway Patrol and is made up of eight commissioned personnel who have advanced training in the field. The eight personnel are stationed throughout the state. The unit includes six field corporals who have specialized radiation\/nuclear detection technology in their vehicles allowing them to respond to emergency situations as needed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/hvhappens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/img_1588-1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-448\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press Release 07-29-2024 AUSTIN \u2013 On Friday, July 19, around 7:45 p.m., members of the Texas Department of Public Safety\u2019s (DPS) Radiation\/Nuclear Detection Unit, along with the Upton County Sheriff\u2019s Office, Texas Department of Transportation and other local agencies, responded to the scene of a truck tractor semi-trailer on fire along State Highway 329 northwest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":445,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvhappens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvhappens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvhappens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvhappens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvhappens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hvhappens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":450,"href":"https:\/\/hvhappens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/449\/revisions\/450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvhappens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hvhappens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvhappens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hvhappens.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}