Incidents or conditions that represent an actual or potential release of hazardous materials from an OST shipment, or major security incident without a hazardous materials release. Final confirmation/determination of an OST OE will be made by the OST Operations Duty Officer in conjunction with the OST Emergency Response Duty Officer. The declaration of an OST OE by OST has a significant impact on DOE emergency response and coordination.
(1) An attack or other criminal act involving an OST transportation mission that requires the deployment of OST security assets at the emergency scene.
(2) Any incident involving an OST transportation shipment containing hazardous materials that causes the initial responders to initiate protective actions at locations beyond the immediate area.
(3) Failures in safety or security systems that threaten the integrity of a nuclear weapon, component, or test device.
(4) A transportation accident resulting in damage to a nuclear explosive, nuclear explosive-like assembly, or Category I/II quantity of Special Nuclear Material (SNM).