ALERT: FBI Announces “Nuclear Incident Training Exercise”

The FBI announced a nuclear incident training exercise in New York starting Sunday, January 26th.

“A large-scale, multi-agency nuclear incident TRAINING EXERCISE will take place 1/26-1/31 in Schenectady, Albany, & Saratoga Counties. The training exercise will NOT pose risks to area residents. Please do not be alarmed by the activity,” FBI Albany announced.

A large-scale, multi-agency nuclear incident TRAINING EXERCISE will take place 1/26-1/31 in Schenectady, Albany, & Saratoga Counties. The training exercise will NOT pose risks to area residents. Please do not be alarmed by the activity. More: https://t.co/vQgEQJj4SC pic.twitter.com/YQ91jHf8gl

— FBI Albany (@FBIAlbany) January 25, 2025

More from FBI Albany:

The Departments of Defense (DoD), Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and state and local partners will conduct the exercise in several areas of Schenectady and Albany, Saratoga, and Schenectady Counties as part of a series of regularly scheduled U.S. government biannual exercises. Similar trainings have been conducted in various regions across the United States since 2012.

The general areas in which the training exercise will take place include areas around Albany Airport to Stratton Air National Guard Base to northern Saratoga County.

Several local and state law enforcement, fire, emergency management, and public health agencies will also be participating in the training, including the New York State Police, Albany, Saratoga, and Schenectady County Sheriff’s Offices and the Albany Police Department.

Exercise participants will conduct operations in personal protective equipment to simulate realistic conditions. It will also include aircraft from federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.

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The exercise is an opportunity for participating entities to practice and enhance operational readiness to respond in the event of a nuclear incident in the United States or overseas.

Due to the sensitive nature of the capabilities being implemented, the training activities are not open to the public or media.

Again, the training exercise will not pose any risk to the public.

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— HOT 97 (@HOT97) January 25, 2025

Large-Scale #Nuclear Training Exercise to Take Place in Schenectady, New York. FBI: The training exercise will not pose any risk to area residents; the public does not need to be alarmed by training-related activity.

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Per Times Union:

“This is an exercise of the National Technical Nuclear Forensics Ground Collection Task Force, which would support the investigation of a nuclear incident,” said FBI Public Affairs Specialist Sarah Ruane. “The Task Force mission is to collect nuclear debris samples for analysis at the national laboratories.”

This is part of a series of regularly scheduled, biannual exercises. Similar trainings have been conducted across the U.S. since 2012, according to the FBI. In 2017, federal, state and local agencies participated in an exercise at the Pan Am Mechanicville Railyard that simulated a collision between a truck and a Navy spent nuclear fuel container.

“This exercise is not being conducted in response to any recent or ongoing world events and planning began back in the spring,” Ruane said.

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