Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: fa5814c8-b91a-435c-8ee0-5cd4915f8b80
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Performance-Based Emergency Preparedness for Small Modular Reactors, Non-Light-Water Reactors, and Non-Power Production or Utilization Facilities
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1808/ML18082A044.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.242
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h the 2017 EPA PAG Manual guidance that the duration of early phase protective actions would begin at the actual or projected start of a release and generally last up until four days (i.e., 96 hours). Additional information regarding the timing for protective actions can be found in the 2017 EPA PAG Manual. DG-1350, Page 8 Harmonization with International Standards The NRC staff reviewed General Safety Requirements Part 7 (GSR Part 7), “Preparedness and Response for a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency” (Ref. 17), from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The guidance in this RG goes beyond the requirements found in GSR Part 7. The NRC is cooperating with the IAEA to further apply the general principles for EP and response to SMRs and non-LWRs. DG-1350, Page 9 C. STAFF REGULATORY GUIDANCE This section provides the methods that the staff considers acceptable for meeting the requirements of the regulations cited in the Introduction. General 1. Each SMR, non-LWR, or NPUF applicant or licensee that chooses to adopt the emergency planning standards located in Appendix E to Part 50 and in 10 CFR 50.47, as applicable, should use the existing guidance found in NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1 or RG 2.6, as appropriate to the design and use of the facility, to implement the EP program. 2. Each SMR, non-LWR, or NPUF applicant or licensee that chooses to adopt the EP regulations in 10 CFR 50.160 should use the guidance found in Regulatory Guidance C.5 through C.8 of this RG, as applicable, to establish an EP program. Appendix A, “General Methodology for Establishing Plume Exposure Pathway EPZ Size,” provides a sample format acceptable to the NRC for the analysis for establishing EPZ size, as required under 10 CFR 50.33(g)(2). a. All SMR, non-LWR, or NPUF applicants and licensees should address the requirements in 10 CFR 50.160(b)(1)(i)-(iii), 10 CFR 50.160(b)(1)(iv)(A), and 10 CFR 50.160(b)(2)-(4) as described in Regulatory Guidance C.5, C.6, and C.8 of this RG. b. All