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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NRC approval if it would reduce the capability of the ERO to carry out timely and appropriate protective actions for onsite employees and other individuals present in the plant areas controlled by the licensee and to make timely and appropriate PARs to State and local officials in accordance with the emergency plans. Examples include the following: DG-1324, Page 31 (a) a change that would result in unescorted persons onsite not receiving adequate instruction in site evacuation or site accountability, (b) a change that could result in personnel who are not qualified to wear respiratory protection devices being assigned to ERO positions with functions and tasks that could reasonably require using such equipment, (c) a change that would result in PARs that relax earlier PARs that have already been relayed to OROs and are being put into place by the public, (d) a change that reduces the availability of ERO personnel who are qualified to wear personal protection equipment (PPE) to function as assigned or that reduces the availability of PPE for use by these personnel, (e) a change to PAR decision logic that would mandate 5-mile, 360-degree evacuations as a minimum PAR even when the actual wind persistence and wind direction forecasts at the time of the emergency do not warrant such an action, (f) a change to PAR decision logic such that the range of protective actions considered by the ERO would be inappropriately restricted to the extent that the most effective PAR (lowest overall risk to the individual) might not be carried out, and (g) changes that reduce the control a licensee has over access to the owner-controlled area or exclusion area (e.g., a public roadway traversing the site or a public recreational area located within the exclusion area). d. The following examples would generally not require prior NRC approval: (1) A change that replaces existing PPE with equipment of like quality, reliability, performance, and operation would generally not require prior NRC