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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manager, operations support, radiological controls, TSC communicator, and technical support), (3) EOF (senior manager, protective measures, and EOF communicator), and (4) OSC (OSC operations manager). DG-1324, Page 15 3.1 Planning Standard a. “Planning standards” mean the 16 standards delineated in 10 CFR 50.47(b) that onsite and offsite emergency plans must meet for the NRC to find reasonable assurance that adequate protective measures can and will be taken. Corresponding sections of Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50 contain additional requirements applicable to licensees that are associated with these planning standards. b. The planning standards establish the minimum requirements that onsite and offsite emergency plans must meet. The language of the planning standards is intentionally broad because the planning standards are applicable to both the licensee for the onsite emergency plan and the State and local authorities for offsite emergency plans. The broad language also offers flexibility to address plant-specific, EPZ-specific, and jurisdictional-specific planning considerations. Individual facilities may have had to supply capabilities, methods, and resources different from those at another facility to compensate for facility-specific planning or response constraints or vulnerabilities in demonstrating compliance with the planning standards. These commitments are documented in the emergency plan. 3.2 Emergency Planning Function a. “Emergency planning function” means a capability or resource necessary to prepare for, and respond to, a radiological emergency, as required by Section IV of Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50 and the planning standards in 10 CFR 50.47(b) for nuclear power reactors. See 10 CFR 50.54(q)(1)(iii) for more information. b. During the development of the emergency preparedness cornerstone of the ROP, a group of emergency preparedness subject matter experts, including NRC staff and industry stakeholders, with input from the public, developed