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such as National Incident Management System, etc., and conducts training exercises along WIPP corridors. c. Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management. Section 180(c) of the NWPA provides for technical and financial assistance for training of local public safety officials to States and Tribes through whose jurisdictions DOE plans to transport SNF or HLW to the proposed Yucca Mountain repository. The training is to cover both safe routine transportation and emergency response procedures. A detailed discussion of the 180(c) training grant program can be found in DOE’s proposed policy published in the Federal Register on July 23, 2007 at 72 FR 40139-01. DOE intends to revise and finalize the policy for issuing 180(c) training grants prior to the commencement of shipments. d. The Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program conducts periodic Naval spent fuel shipment briefings and exercises. State, Tribal, and local emergency services personnel participate or observe to familiarize themselves with Naval spent fuel shipments, the escorts who accompany the shipments, and the coordination required for response to an emergency.
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