GEAR for Collaboration (GeoConference® Enhancement for ARGOS) Real-Time Collaboration Enhancement for the ARGOS Radiological / Nuclear Risk Assessment System – CRTI 06-0163TD Charles Siegel Consultant for PCI Geomatics Coauthors Kendra Shaw, RPB, Health Canada Eric Pellerin, RPB, Health Canada Yves Carbonneau, PCI Geomatics
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GEAR for Collaboration(GeoConference® Enhancement for ARGOS)Real-Time Collaboration Enhancement for the ARGOS Radiological / Nuclear Risk Assessment System – CRTI 06-0163TD
Charles Siegel
Consultant for PCI Geomatics
CoauthorsKendra Shaw, RPB, Health CanadaEric Pellerin, RPB, Health CanadaYves Carbonneau, PCI Geomatics
Project Partners – GeoConference Enhancement for ARGOS
Nuclear Emergency Preparedness and Response Division, Radiation Protection Bureau, Health Canada
Environmental Emergency Response Division, Meteorological Service of Canada, Environment Canada
PCI Geomatics Inc. / TGIS Technologies
DBx Geomatics
Neolore Networks Inc.
Special thanks to the Airborne Geophysics Section, Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada for their cooperation.
Objectives of
GEAR for CollaborationIntegrate COTS conferencing into Federal Nuclear Emergency Plan's ARGOS system:Provide map-based incident discussion, both inside and outside the EOC, using...Internet collaboration...To give a common operational picture to...Provide group decision-support and...Decision recording.
Context:
Federal Nuclear Emergency PlanObjective of the Plan is RN safety of Canadians, at home and abroad.
Defines roles and responsibilities of the Canadian federal government in the event of nuclear or radiological emergencies.
Health Canada is the designated lead department. The custodian of the Plan is the Radiation Protection Bureau's Nuclear Emergency Preparedness and Response Division.
Datagathering
and incident
informationcoordination
Modelingand
prediction
Counter-measure
and mitigation
recom mendations
Interagencyresource
coordination(incident)
Supportfor
provincialemergency
management
ARGOS (Accident Reporting and Guidance System)> Product of successfully-completed CRTI
project (CRTI 0080TA)
> Analytical heart of the FNEP systems> Runs on Environment Canada
supercomputer (CMC-Dorval)eMAP – map-based, Web-accessible interface (input/output) for ARGOSCollaborative working environment