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Facility/
location Functions Characteristics
organization
emergency
operations
centres (EOC)
Staging area
Technical
support centre
(TSC)
Triage area
Warning point
organizations from which the
organization’s support to the response will
be directed. An EOC should be established
by the regulatory body, ministries with
responsibility for radiological or
conventional response, local governments,
corporate headquarters for the facility,
national laboratories with expertise and
radiological assessment response.
Location used to collect and organize
additional resources as they arrive in the
vicinity of the emergency.
Technical support of the Control Room
operators in mitigating the consequences
of the emergency (see Elements A1.1 and
A3.6).
Field location where medical and
radiological triage is performed, first aid
provided and victims are prepared for
transport.
The facility able to be alerted at all times
and promptly respond to incoming
notification 132 , warning message, request
for assistance or request for verification of
a message from the IAEA (see Element
A2.14). The location through which the
Competent Authority is contacted by
IAEA (see Ref [23]).
ICS response.
Location identified at the time of emergency.
Should be in a location that will remain
habitable, will not interfere with other
ongoing response actions and can be secured.
Secure/reliable communications with the
control room and outside sources of technical
support; access to plant data, information and
tools needed to develop strategies for dealing
with severe emergencies. If located at the
facility, it must be protected to allow
operations under severe emergency
conditions.
Activation time: within one hour of
declaration of an emergency.
Location identified at the time of emergency.
Should be a safe and secure location near the
scene with access for medical transport.
Must be continuously (24 hours a day/7 days a
week) operational, in a secure location, have
redundant power, secure communications and
prompt access to English speakers. The fax
machines and other means used to receive
notifications from the IAEA should be
continuously operational and frequently
monitored.
132 A report submitted to a national or international authority providing details of an event, particularly an emergency, e.g. as
required by the Early Notification Convention [15].
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