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DOE M 460.2-1A 6-4-08
13.0 EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION
13.1 Introduction This section of the Manual addresses the process DOE uses to notify State and Tribal officials of a transportation emergency involving DOE radioactive materials. It does not address the initial notifications made by the carrier or others to local emergency response organizations. Emergency notifications to State and Tribal points of contact occur after DOE, as the shipper, receives notification of an emergency. Notification to DOE may come from local responders or others (see section 13.3). This guidance applies to all classified and non-classified DOE rail and highway shipments of radioactive material. 13.2 Criteria for Emergency Notification Criteria to identify a situation as an emergency include the following: • a person is killed, or • a person requires hospitalization due to major injuries received as a direct result of the radioactive material or an accident, or • an evacuation of the general public, or • one or more major transportation arteries are closed or facilities are shut down as a direct result of the radioactive material cargo, or • fire, potential release, or suspected radioactive contamination involving a radioactive material shipment, or • a security incident (i.e., sabotage, theft). Additional specific criteria may be included in programmatic transportation plans. If DOE, as the shipper, is notified of an event that does not clearly meet the reporting criteria listed above, DOE will determine whether notification to State and Tribal points of contact is appropriate. For example, an event that does not meet any of the above criteria but might generate an unusual level of public and/or media attention would typically warrant notification. Any uncertainty as to whether a notification should or should not be made will be resolved by making the notification. 13.3 Emergency Notification Responsibilities 13.3.1 DOE, as the shipper, will receive Notification of an accident/incident from one of the following sources: • driver, dispatcher, and/or Government escort;
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