U.S. NRC response

The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) establishes how they respond to an emergency. In response to an event at a NRC-licensed facility or an event involving NRC-licensed material the NRC will activate its incident response program at its Headquarters Operations Center and at the Regional Incident Response Centers for Region I in King of Prussia, PA.

According to the NRC, the State’s emergency response should be coordinated at two levels: (a) by an emergency response organization that is responsible for conducting technical assessments of the accident, and (b) by decision makers. NRC: State and local Response Actions, http://www.nrc.gov (this link will open in a new window)