Regulations and Government
Nuke-sniffing Helicopter Deployed to Tampa
A Bell 412 will conduct radiation mapping and sensing flights over the site of Super Bowl LV.
(Photo: USAF)
(Photo: USAF)

In an activity that seems carved straight out of a Tom Clancy movie, the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) announced yesterday that it will use one of its Nuclear Emergency Support Team (NEST) Bell 412 helicopters to conduct low-level radiation mapping and detection flights over Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium in preparation for Super Bowl LV on February 7.


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