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MY BECAUSE OF BUFFALO STATE STORY Stephen Musolino, ’76 22 D U R I N G H I S F I R S T 2 5 Y E A R S AT T H E D E PA R T M E N T O F E N E R G Y ’ S ( D O E ) B R O O K H AV E N N AT I O N A L L A B O R AT O R Y ( B N L ) , S T E P H E N M U S O L I N O worked as a safety professional in the lab’s large accelerator research facilities, focusing on radiation protection, worker safety, and environmental protection. But the events of September 11, 2001, would change the trajectory of his career. As a member of the DOE’s Radiological Assistance Program, Musolino was deployed to Lower Manhattan immediately after the terrorist attacks to monitor debris for radiation. And after 9/11, as BNL became more involved in homeland security programs, Musolino joined the agency’s scientific staff, switching his career focus from safety and environmental protection to research in nonproliferation, counterterrorism, and emergency response following a radiological or nuclear terrorist catastrophe. Today, Musolino and his DOE colleagues prepare others to respond to a wide range of incidents. They have developed strategies for emergency planners and first responders to follow in the first 48 hours after an outdoor detonation of a radiological dispersal device, or dirty bomb. They were also recently deployed to Japan to monitor radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors that were damaged in the earthquake and tsunami in March. Preparing for and responding to disaster is critical work and Musolino, who was elected to the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements in 2008, has accepted the challenge. B U F FA L O S TAT E C O L L E G E 

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