scope:

PURPOSE.

This Directive reissues DoD Directive (DoDD) 3150.8 (Reference (a)) to establish policy and assign responsibilities for the DoD consequence management response to U.S. nuclear weapon incidents and other nuclear or radiological incidents involving materials in DoD custody in accordance with the guidance in National Security Presidential Directive (NSPD) 28, the National Response Framework, and the National Incident Management System (References (b) through (d)).

APPLICABILITY.

This Directive applies to:

a. OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the Department of Defense (hereafter referred to collectively as the "DoD Components").

b. The DoD response to domestic and foreign U.S. nuclear weapon incidents, to nuclear or radiological incidents at DoD nuclear facilities in conjunction with DoD Instructions (DoDIs) 6055.17 and 2000.18 (References (e) and (f)), to incidents involving DoD radioactive materials being transported in accordance with DoDD 4540.5 (Reference (g)), and to incidents involving DoD radioactive materials in space vehicles.

c. The DoD consequence management response to a nuclear or radiological incident, including responses to:

(1) Accidents involving reactors in nuclear-powered warships and associated radioactivity in accordance with Executive Order (E.O.) 12344 (Reference (h)).

(3) Hazards resulting from attacks against, or attempted or actual theft, or seizure of, U.S. nuclear weapons or nuclear materials in conjunction with DoDD O-5210.41 (Reference (j)), to include terrorist use of a radiological dispersal device (RDD) or improvised nuclear device (IND) derived from a U.S. nuclear weapon, when in support of another Federal department or agency during a domestic incident, in accordance with DoDD 3025.1 (Reference (k)) and consistent with the Nuclear Radiological Incident Annex (NRIA) to Reference (c).