Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 3e914c02-41b3-4c0b-9c94-7e4a07215354
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Guidance on Making Changes to Emergency Plans for Nuclear Power Reactors (Rev. 1)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1505/ML15054A370.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.219
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plan to a sub-tier document, that programmatic description continues to be subject to the 10 CFR 50.54(q) change process. For example, licensees have relocated the details of emergency classification schemes from the emergency plan to an EPIP or to large wall charts maintained in the control room. Because the EPIP or wall chart is now the means to demonstrate compliance with the planning standards in 10 CFR 50.47(b)(4), these sub-tier documents are subject to 10 CFR 50.54(q). Repeating, as opposed to relocating, program element descriptions in sub-tier documents do not necessarily make the sub-tier documents subject to the 10 CFR 50.54(q) change process. However, the descriptions in the various documents must remain consistent. d. As a simple test, a licensee can consider what programmatic document(s) it would supply during an inspection to demonstrate that its emergency plan meets the regulatory requirements, as informed by the evaluation criteria in NUREG-0654 or by approved alternatives. These documents would likely be subject to the 10 CFR 50.54(q) change process. e. This definition also highlights the need to consider the NRC-approved plan and the subsequent changes in reviewing against 10 CFR 50.54(q) to ensure that a series of incremental changes (each determined not to reduce the effectiveness of the plan) do not reduce the effectiveness of the plan when compared to the NRC-approved plan. 3.6 Change a. “Change” means an action that results in modification or addition to, or removal from, the licensee’s emergency plan. All such changes are subject to the provisions of 10 CFR 50.54(q) except in cases in which the applicable regulations establish specific criteria for accomplishing a particular change. See 10 CFR 50.54(q)(1)(i) for additional information. b. This definition is used in conjunction with 10 CFR 50.54(q)(3), which allows a licensee to make changes to its emergency plan if it can demonstrate through analysis that the change does not DG-1324,