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The Office of Emergency Operations administers the Department of Energy's and the National Nuclear Security Administration’s emergency response capability to ensure availability and viability to respond to emergencies at DOE and NNSA facilities and field sites, and to nuclear and radiological emergencies within the United States and abroad.
Emergency Operatons serves as DOE's primary point of contact for all emergency management activities, developing and issuing all policy, procedures, and guidance and overseeing implementation of DOE's Emergency Management System.
Its core functions include the following:
- Operate and develop policy for DOE's Emergency Management System for sites, facilities, and operations
- Manage the development of implementing policies, plans, and procedures for emergency response activities worldwide associated with nuclear weapons programs and facilities, and all radiological and nuclear emergencies on behalf of the United States Government
- Coordinate and concur on all emergency management activities, including intra- and interdepartmental and international activities, departmental commitments, and exercise and response activities
- Oversee the evaluation and appraisal of all line and program integrity through integration of all programs, systems, assets, capabilities, training, and response
- Ensure emergency management program integrity through integration of all programs, systems, assets, capabilities, training, and response
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