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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preparedness, for those situations in which State and/or local governments decline to participate in emergency planning. 15. The minimum acceptance criteria for all ESP applications, located in 10 CFR 52.17(b)(1), require that ESP applications identify physical characteristics unique to the proposed site that could pose a significant impediment to the development of emergency plans. If such physical characteristics are identified, the applicant must also identify measures that would, when implemented, mitigate or eliminate the significant impediment. Applications providing only the information required by 10 CFR 52.17(b)(1) must also include a description of contacts and arrangements (preferably letters of agreement) made with local, State, and Federal governmental agencies with emergency planning responsibilities, in accordance with 10 CFR 52.17(b)(4). The applicant may choose to submit additional emergency planning information in the ESP application to address the two options in 10 CFR 52.17(b)(2). The two options allow an ESP applicant to propose either major features of the emergency plans, or to provide complete and integrated emergency plans. While neither option is required, each would provide for a more definitive finding concerning emergency plans and preparedness at the ESP stage than would be the case for submittal of only the minimum required information. Complete and integrated emergency plans in an ESP application will be reviewed in accordance with the applicable requirements of 10 CFR 50.47 and Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50. Supplement 2 to NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 1, provides guidance relating to emergency planning information in an ESP application. 16. For an ESP application, a preliminary analysis of evacuation times is one example of how some significant impediments to the development of emergency plans may be identified. Other factors, such as the availability of adequate shelter facilities, in consideration of local building practices and