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41. Federal Radiological Emergency Response Plan (FRERP): A comprehensive, coordinated plan broadly

describing the entire Federal Government response to radiological emergencies in support of Federal, state,

tribal, and local government agencies.

42. Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center (FRMAC): A facility established by DOE,

usually at an airport near the scene of a radiological emergency, from which the Offsite Technical Director

conducts the Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Plan response.

43. Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Plan (FRMAP): A plan contained in the FRERP for

coordinating Federal offsite radiological monitoring and assistance with that of the affected states.

44. Federal Radiological Preparedness Coordinating Committee (FRPCC): An interagency advisory group

established by the FRERP.

45. Full Participation Exercise: An exercise for a particular DOE- or contractor-operated facility which

demonstrates the integrated response capability of the facility emergency response organization, the DOE

Program Office elements (both HQ and Field Element) with responsibilities for emergency response, along

with those regional Federal, state, tribal, and local government agencies and private support organizations

which elect to participate.

46. General Emergency: One of the classes of emergencies in the Operational and Energy Emergency

categories. Within the category of Operational Emergency, a General Emergency represents events which

are in progress or have occurred that involve actual or imminent catastrophic failure of facility safety

systems with potential for loss of confinement integrity, catastrophic degradation of facility protection

systems, or catastrophic failure in safety or protection systems threatening the integrity of a weapon or test

device which could lead to substantial offsite impacts. Any environmental release of hazardous materials

can reasonably be expected to exceed the appropriate PAG or ERPG exposure levels offsite. Within the

category of Energy Emergency, a General Emergency is an event which has occurred that has major energy

supply impacts. Examples of such events are a major electrical energy system outage affecting consumers

in more than two states or an earthquake affecting the United States or a U.S. territory that measures over

7.1 on the Richter Scale.

47. Hazard: A process, condition, or asset which has the potential to adversely impact the health and safety

of personnel, the public, the environment, or national security. Hazards are divided into three classes:

- Hazards which present minor onsite and negligible offsite impacts to people, the

Low

environment, or national security.

- Hazards which represent considerable potential onsite impacts to the people or the

Moderate

environment, but at most only minor offsite impacts to people, the environment, or national

security.

- Hazards with the potential for onsite and offsite impacts to large numbers of persons or with

High

the potential for major impacts to the environment or national security.

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