Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 35d16973-484d-41cb-9b6c-d66cae8072ca
Document Type: srp
Title: EMERGENCY PLANNING
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0634/ML063410307.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 13
Section ID: 13.3
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. 2, states that the criteria and recommendations in NUREG-654/FEMA- REP-1, Rev. 1, are considered by the NRC staff to be acceptable methods for complying with the standards in 10 CFR 50.47. Except in those cases in which the applicant or licensee proposes acceptable alternative methods for complying with specific portions of the regulations, the methods described in NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 1, will be used as a basis for evaluating the adequacy of the emergency plans. If an applicant chooses to propose an alternative practice or method for complying with the regulations, the application should provide an appropriate justification. 7In addition to the current REP-series guidance documents and associated memoranda, offsite plans and procedures are reviewed against the requirements and policies incorporated in the REP Program Planning Guidance Document: “Radiological Emergency Preparedness: Planning Guidance” (see 68 FR 9669, February 28, 2003). 13.3-9 Revision 3 - March 2007 9. In addition to NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 1, FEMA will evaluate State, tribal, and local government planning and preparedness on the basis of applicable policies and guidance,7 including approved alternative approaches and methods. FEMA will base its findings and determinations, relating to the adequacy of offsite radiological emergency planning and preparedness, on these evaluations. 10. 10 CFR 50.33(g), 10 CFR 50.47(c)(2), and Section I of Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50 require that the size of the EPZ for a nuclear power plant shall be determined in relation to local emergency response needs and capabilities, as they are affected by such conditions as demography, topography, land characteristics, access routes, and jurisdictional boundaries. 10 CFR 52.77 requires that the COL application must contain all of the information required by 10 CFR 50.33. 10 CFR 50.33(g) requires that an applicant for an operating license submit radiological emergency response plans of State and local