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Nicholas Dainiak, MD, FACP, has been named director of the Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site (REAC/TS) at the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education.

A deployable asset of the U.S. Department of Energy, REAC/TS provides 24/7 emergency medical response for incidents involving radiation anywhere in the world. REAC/TS also provides direct support for the National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Emergency Operations and the Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center (FRMAC).

Adding to its depth of radiation response and consultation capabilities, REAC/TS is uniquely qualified to teach medical personnel, health physicists, first responders, and occupational health professionals about radiation emergency medicine. REAC/TS also operates a cytogenetic biodosimetry laboratory, one of only two in the United States, where chromosome aberration analysis is used for ionizing radiation dose assessment.

More information is posted on the REAC/TS website.