Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: d761fa57-3069-49e0-b89b-8f2102c96699
Document Type: srp
Title: EMERGENCY PLANNING
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0523/ML052350065.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 13
Section ID: 13.3
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for a previously licensed plant, NRC Inspection Reports and the Health Physics Appraisal should be reviewed. For each case, formal consultation with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) with respect to the relevant state and local government emergency response capabilities is necessary. For each case assigned, the reviewer must determine whether or not the acceptance criteria identified in II above have been satisfactorily met. Any deficiencies should be identified and should form the basis for request for additional informa- tion or transmittal of position statements to the applicant, and should be reviewed with the Section Leader or Branch Chief. Such further review may.result in a determination that (a) the applicant has proposed acceptable alternatives, (b) the facts of the case do not warrant the application of the criterion in question, or Cc) the facts do warrant the application of the criterion in question and no acceptable alternative has been proposed or identified. If any deficiencies remain in the last category at the conclusion of the review, they must be identi- fied in the Safety Evaluation Report and subsequently resolved with the partici- pation of higher level NRC management. 13.3-2 Rev. 2 - July 1981 It should be recognized that the detailed application of the acceptance criteria will in many instances require the exercise of judgement on the part of the reviewer. The reasonableness and adequacy of the factors involved should be viewed in the light of general emergency planning and response experience, bear- ing in mind that the broad objective of radiological emergency plans is to protect the public by mitigating the potential health and safety consequences of radiation exposure. Ideally, such plans would assure neither an over reaction nor an under reaction to unexpected events. Reviewers should be particularly alert, however, to provisions which may result in a possible under reaction to a serious event. At the PSAR stage, the