Federal Register Notices

On January 3, 2006, the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Preparedness Directorate published the draft guidance, "Protective Action Guides for Radiological Dispersal Device (RDD) and Improvised Nuclear Device (IND) Incidents" in the Federal Register (Vol. 71, No.1) for interim use with request for comment. Information concerning how and where the public and interested stakeholders can submit comments on this document is contained within the Federal Register Notice.

On April 11, 2006, the DOE Office of Nuclear Safety, Quality Assurance and Environment (HS-20) transmitted comments on the draft guidance to the Department of Homeland Security. Click here to download a PDF file of the DOE comment package.

On August 1, 2008, the final guidance, "Planning Guidance for Protection and Recovery Following Radiological Dispersal Device (RDD) and Improvised Nuclear Device (IND) Incidents" was published in the Federal Register (Vol. 73, No.149). Incidents