Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 81395c8e-49df-441c-b98a-8ae655d174db
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Emergency Planning and Preparedness for Nuclear Power Reactors (Rev. 7)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2401/ML24019A202.pdf
Revision Date: 2025-03
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Section ID: RG-1.101
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icensees and applicants for the development and conduct of hostile action-based emergency response drills. The NRC endorsed Appendix A to NEI 06-04, Rev. 3, in Revision 6 of RG 1.101. Regulatory Staff Positions on Alert and Notification System Design Changes 4. The regulations in 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E, section IV.D.3, state, in part, “A licensee shall have the capability to notify responsible State and local governmental agencies within 15 minutes after declaring an emergency. The licensee shall demonstrate that the appropriate governmental authorities have the capability to make a public alerting and notification decision promptly on being informed by the licensee of an emergency condition.” 4.1 In accordance with FEMA’s regulations in 44 CFR Part 350, “Review and Approval of State and Local Radiological Emergency Plans and Preparedness,” and the FEMA Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program Manual, licensees and applicants must have ANS designs, including testing and maintenance requirements, that have been reviewed and approved by FEMA via the ANS Evaluation Report (Ref. 33). 4.2 FEMA submits the approved ANS Evaluation Report to the NRC for review and acceptance. The NRC ensures that all ANS regulatory requirements are met, such that the NRC can make or maintain, as applicable, its finding of reasonable assurance that DG-1423, Page 10 adequate protective measures can and will be taken in the event of a radiological emergency. 4.3 In accordance with 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix E, section IV.D.3, the design of the ANS is required to include both a primary and backup method of public alerting and notification of the population in the plume exposure pathway EPZ, which may include simultaneous activation of multiple methods. 4.4 The design of the primary and backup ANS methods should ensure that any common- mode failures are evaluated, if applicable, to ensure that reasonable assurance that adequate protective measures can and will be taken in the