### Question
How is the term Nuclear Incident Response Team defined?


### Answer
The term **Nuclear Incident Response Team** is defined in *6 U.S.C. § 316* as the following:

> a resource that includes—


(1) those entities of the Department of Energy that perform nuclear or radiological emergency support functions (including accident response, search response, advisory, and technical operations functions), radiation exposure functions at the medical assistance facility known as the Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site (REAC/TS), radiological assistance functions, and related functions

#### Citation:
  - *6 U.S.C. § 316*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 1-HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION > SUBCHAPTER V-EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE**

