Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 3e914c02-41b3-4c0b-9c94-7e4a07215354
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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fety for protecting people and the environment. IAEA safety guides present international good practices and increasingly reflect best practices to help users striving to achieve high levels of safety. Relative to this RG, IAEA Safety Guide GS-R-2, “Preparedness and Response for a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency,” (Ref. 6) generally addresses emergency preparedness plans and procedures, and IAEA Safety Standard GS-G-1.2, “Review and Assessment of Nuclear Facilities by the Regulatory Body,” (Ref. 7) generally addresses modifications to the approved facility. RG 1.219 is consistent with the recommendations and guidance in the cited IAEA guides. Documents Discussed in Staff Regulatory Guidance This RG references one or more third-party guidance documents. These third-party guidance documents may contain references to third-party guidance documents (“secondary references”). If a secondary reference has itself been incorporated by reference into NRC regulations as a requirement, then licensees and applicants must comply with that reference as set forth in the regulation. If the secondary reference has been endorsed in a RG as an acceptable approach for meeting an NRC requirement, then the standard constitutes a method acceptable to the NRC staff for meeting that regulatory requirement. If the secondary reference has neither been incorporated by reference into NRC regulations nor endorsed in a RG, then the secondary reference is neither a legally binding requirement nor a “generic” NRC approval as an acceptable approach for meeting an NRC requirement. However, licensees and applicants may consider and use the information in the secondary reference, if appropriately justified and consistent with current regulatory practice, and consistent with applicable NRC requirements such as 10 CFR 50.54(q). DG-1324, Page 8 C. STAFF REGULATORY GUIDANCE 1. General Guidance 1.1 Relationship between 10 CFR 50.54(q) and the NRC’s Reasonable Assurance Finding a. The