WHO TO CALL

WHO TO CALL IN RADIATION EMERGENCY

(NOTE: The contacts listed below may change and we may not have updated our web site. Hence, it is advisable to find your emergency contacts before a radiation emergency occurs)

If you are exposed to radiation, report it to the department/agency/organization issuing the dosimeter. Unfortunately, there is no one national or international phone number or location to report individual exposure. However, if you are an individual user of the dosimeter, and if you are exposed to radiation, contact :the followings:

City police bomb squads and/or fire hazardous materials units
State police and/or emergency response divisions, National Guard civil support teams
Local FBI field office

If an accident or other emergency involving radioactive materials occurs, report it to the National Response Center at (800) 424 8802 or, in the Washington, DC area 202.267.2675. Staff at the National Response Center (NRC) are on-duty 24 hours per day, 365 days per year to take calls about pollution incidents. The NRC immediately relays each report to the pre-designated Federal On-Scene Coordinator, as well as other affected federal and state partners. Other agencies include the following:

EPA's Radiological Emergency Response Program
Headquarters, EPA Radiological Emergency Response Program
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air
Radiation Protection Division
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (MC 6608J)
Washington,DC20460-0001
Telephone: (202) 564 9360
Fax: (202) 565 2037
E-mail: radiation.questions@epa.gov

Visit the following related web sites
http://www.epa.gov/radiation/rert/
http://www.epa.gov/ebtpages/emeremergeradiologicalemergencyresponset.html
http://www.epa.gov/radiation/rert/contact.htm#report

Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site (REACT/S)

Radiation Emergency Response and Dose Assessment Program
Oak Ridge,TN37831-0117
Telephone: (423 576 3131)
Fax 423 576 9522
Email: ricksr@orau.gov or cooleyp@orau.gov

Oak Ridge Associated Universities
http://www.orau.gov/reacts/
http://www.orau.gov/reacts/guidance.htm
http://www.orau.gov/reacts/manage.htm
Telephone: (865) 576-3131.

US National Response Team
NRT c/o U.S. EPA
Mail Code 5104A
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.20460
FAX: (202) 564-7989