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Three paint buckets filled with highly radioactive uranium ore sat next to a museum exhibit at the Grand Canyon for 18 years, revealed by rogue email from park safety director after an alleged coverup. azcentral.com/story/news/loc…
DHS and EPA get big appropriations to maintain radiological emergency response teams, write manuals, hold training sessions for local cops/EMS, etc. Come to cases, though, a radiological emergency at a federal facility is handled with store-bought gloves and a broken mop handle. 
To be clear, it’s not like the people who happened to find the problem dealt with it quickly in a jury-rigged manner. NPS “specialists” called in from another state chose to use store-bought gloves and a broken mop handle to address the issue, reportedly.
