At a ceremony yesterday in Washington, the Energy Department transferred the first set of radiological detection equipment to first responders under a new DOE-Justice Department pilot project called the Homeland Defense Equipment Reuse (HDER) program. During the ceremony, Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham handed over the detection devices to officials with the District of Columbia's Office of Emergency Management, according to a Sept. 5 DOE announcement released the same day. The HDER program is an effort to give state and local...
