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Enviva Plant Ahoskie, N.C.

The Ahoskie Plant is the first Enviva plant that was opened in North Carolina. This plant has a production capacity of 410,000 metric tons annually.

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Haiti: Between Emergency and Reconstruction

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What event/series of events called for this report?

This report is written following an apparent “failure” in the disaster response following the 2010 Haiti earthquake

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What implications does this policy have for first responders and other technical professionals?

This policy directly affects first responders and technical professionals as they will be the ones interacting with patients and following the protocols outlined in this plan. First responders are required to recognize and report suspected ebola incidents, use appropriate PPE, and transport to appropriate facilities if feasible.

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Indian Health Service

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What kind of data and research does this organization produce and share? How does the organization evaluate and monitor the credibility of the information it uses and circulates?

I could not find any data or reports on their website that have been collected to support their approach to healthcare other than the legislation previously mentioned.

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Nuclear Emergency Response: Atomic Priests or an International SWAT Team?

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Who are the authors, where do they work, and what are their areas of expertise? How is the author professionally situated in respect to emergency response? Note any other publications/research foci that are of relevance to the DSTS Network.

The author is Sonja D. Schmid who is a professor of Science and Technology in Society at Virginia Tech. Her area of expertise is the social aspect of science and technology, esp. during the Cold War, as well as science and technology policy, science and democracy, qualitative studies of risk, energy policy, and nuclear emergency response. As a professor and researcher she has does relevant studies on Fukushima and nuclear disasters relevant to the DSTS network. One such article titled "The unbearable ambiguity of knowing: making sense of Fukushima" is cited below:

Schmid, Sonja D. "The Unbearable Ambiguity of Knowing: Making Sense of Fukushima." Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. N.p., 2013. Web.