Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: b647b09e-9948-474b-8b4a-d2e08837ffa5
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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ss items. The Commission issued confirming orders to mandate compliance with the commitments. Other Commission orders may apply. (4) Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR). Chapter 13.3 of FSARs that are formatted in accordance with the standard format addresses emergency preparedness. However, this discussion may have been replaced with a cross-reference to the standalone plan. Similarly, Chapter 1 of many FSARs contains tabulations of how various RGs (e.g., RG 1.101, “Emergency Planning and Preparedness for Nuclear Power Reactors” (Ref. 12), and NUREG-0800, “Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants: LWR Edition,” Chapter 13, “Conduct of Operations,” Section 13.3, “Emergency Planning,” (Ref. 13), were put into place in the design of the plants and in the development of their operating programs. (5) Upgraded Emergency Plans. Following the TMI accident, regulations required licensees to upgrade their emergency plans and to submit those plans to the NRC for review. A special inspection program involving onsite evaluations of the upgraded plan and facilities augmented these reviews. The submitted plan, NRC requests for additional information, commitments made in responses to the requests for additional information, NRC safety evaluations, NRC denials, and other correspondence between the licensee and the NRC may be useful in informing a 10 CFR 50.54(q) evaluation. (6) Other Sources of Licensing Information. The following sources of licensing information may be useful in informing 10 CFR 50.54(q) evaluations: (a) Hearing Dockets (the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board and the Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board). Emergency preparedness contentions have been raised in numerous proceedings associated with licensing and license amendments. The resulting board decision may have been based, in part, on the licensee’s (applicant’s) statements about its emergency plan made in testimony presented before the