Radsafe Glossary

Consignment Owner

The organisation that owns the package and has arranged for the transport, this may be carried out by a separate organisation. The consignment owner is responsible for any clean up actions and providing media response to company issues.

 CCC

Command and Control Centre 

CRCE

Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards 

Level 1 response

Notification and communication service, provision of generic advice provided by CCC 

Level 2 response

Provision of radiological advice and support at the incident scene by level 2 responding site 

Level 3 response

Consignment owner response and clean up. 

NCEC 

National Chemical Emergency Centre 

Responder

Often applied to the Level 2 responder, they are suitably experienced and qualified persons who are members of RADSAFE. They assess the radiological implications of the accident and provide advice. The responders team would also include monitoring capability.