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DOE News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 10, 2004

NEWS MEDIA CONTACTS:
Kathy Gatens, 205-526-1056, kzc@inel.gov;   Ethan Huffman, 208-526-0660, huffem@inel.gov

INEEL ‘Goes Hollywood’

He might not be ready for stardom, but Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) engineer Kevin Young is heading to Hollywood. The television network Lifetime has begun filming a new television series on first responders. The program pilot will feature Young’s Hazmat Cam.

As an engineer for the U.S. Department of Energy’s INEEL, Young designed the Hazmat Cam to help real-life first responders who respond to hazardous incidents. The Hazmat Cam is a lightweight, wireless video camera system that emergency team members carry to an incident scene. Housed in a tough, waterproof flashlight body, the camera system sends back real-time images to a video or computer monitor at command center, which can be stationed several miles from the incident area. National Guard Civil Support Teams across the country are using the Hazmat Cam to increase safety and response options to potential threats from chemical, nuclear or biological weapons.  

“As the saying goes, ‘I’m not quitting my day job,’ but it is a lot of fun,” said Young. “It’s also great that INEEL technologies are getting well known enough to be used in TV programs.”

The Lifetime Network approached the INEEL on a recommendation from HAZTEK Inc., a group of homeland defense consultants who specialize in marketing innovative products for national security applications.

The television series, based on the lives of first responder and emergency response teams, will be shot in mid-November in Hollywood, and is scheduled to air on Lifetime Jan. 9.

The INEEL is a science-based, multiprogram national laboratory dedicated to advancing the DOE's strategic goals in the areas of energy, national security, science and environment. It is the home of science and engineering solutions and is operated for the DOE by Bechtel BWXT Idaho, LLC.

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