Building the strategic national stockpile through the NIAID Radiation Nuclear Countermeasures Program.

The possibility of a public health radiological or nuclear emergency in the United States remains a concern. Media attention focused on lost radioactive sources and international nuclear threats, as well as the potential for accidents in nuclear power facilities (e.g.

NIAID/NIH radiation/nuclear medical countermeasures product research and development program.

One of the greatest national security threats to the United States is the detonation of an improvised nuclear device or a radiological dispersal device in a heavily populated area. The U.S.