High Risk 🌉 Bridge / Critical Crossing  ·  Massachusetts

MIT Cambridge MA

CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE RISK PROFILE  ·  MASSACHUSETTS

7 / 10
Risk Score
Facility Type
🌉 Bridge / Critical Crossing
Primary Risk Radius
5
mile zone
Secondary Risk Radius
25
mile zone

// Risk Intelligence

Risk Score7 / 10   High
Facility Type🌉 Bridge / Critical Crossing
Operator / BranchMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Host CountyMiddlesex County MA
Nearest CityWashington DC
Primary Risk Radius5 miles
Secondary Risk Radius25 miles

// Strategic Significance

MIT hosts 11,500 students and is the most productive research university in the world operating a nuclear research reactor the MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory multiple biosafety level 3 labs and conducting classified defense research for DARPA and DoD. During the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing aftermath an MIT police officer was killed by the Tsarnaev brothers on campus.

// Civilian Impact Assessment

Cambridge with 120,000 residents. MITs nuclear reactor and classified defense research create unique emergency considerations in a dense urban environment. The MIT campus was directly affected by the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing aftermath.

// Evacuation & Shelter Guidance

I-93, SR-3, Massachusetts Avenue. Middlesex County Emergency Management coordinates research hazmat and mass casualty protocols.

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