Laboratory Response to Terrorist Emergency –Final Update–

FINAL UPDATE: The Emergency Management Center will remain open until 8 a.m. Wednesday as part of the federal emergency response. The Public Affairs Office will be staffed until 12 a.m. Wednesday.

• We have no reason to believe that the Laboratory or its employees have been targeted.
• Non-essential employees were allowed to go home today and are expected to return to work Wednesday.
• Measures are under way to determine the welfare of Laboratory employees on travel and arrange for their safe return.
• The Lab’s National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center remains on alert, ready to make calculations should they be required to do so.
• The Public Affairs Office will reopen at 5 a.m. Wednesday.