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General emergency
Emergency class
description
protective action off-site
- potential or actual criticality near the
facility boundary
- detection of radiation level off site
warranting implementation of urgent
protective measures
- terrorist or criminal act resulting in an
inability to monitor or control critical
safety systems needed to prevent a
release or exposure that could result in
doses off site warranting urgent
protective actions. that would warrant
taking precautionary
Immediate response actions
Threat category I and II facilities
Off site:
(within PAZ and UPZ):
- Establish an integrated response using the ICS (see Appendix 13) under an incident commander.
- Implement immediate protective actions as recommended by facility and consistent with Appendix 11.
- Establish the RMAC (see Appendix 14) and conduct monitoring in and around the UPZ and revise protective
actions based on OILs.
- Activate the full response co-ordinated under a single incident commander under the ICS (see Appendix 13).
- Provide radiation protection for emergency workers.
- Ensure all governmental agencies are informed.
- Notify potentially affected sates and the IAEA.
- Establish provisions to monitor and decontaminate evacuees and manage the medical response and initial treatment
and consult with experts on treatment of severe overexposures.
- Initiate joint media briefings at the PIC with on-site officials (see Appendix 14).
(within food restriction planning radius):
- Issue instructions to farmers to protect crops and put animals on stored feed as appropriate.
- Restrict movement of contaminated food until monitored.
- Conduct monitoring to determine where ingestion OILs may be exceeded and provide appropriate protective
recommendations.
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