Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 5e2766ae-dd3b-4b1a-a6bb-48bde2dcbf97
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Performance-Based Emergency Preparedness for Small Modular Reactors, Non-Light-Water Reactors, and Non-Power Production or Utilization Facilities
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1808/ML18082A044.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.242
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x E to 10 CFR Part 50. The requirements of 10 CFR 50.33(g) specify that nuclear power reactor applicants must describe in their emergency plans actions as are appropriate to protect the food ingestion pathway. For SMRs, non-LWRs, and NPUFs that choose the performance-based approach to EP, 10 CFR 50.160(b)(4) requires applicants and licensees to describe ingestion response planning in the emergency plan. Regulatory Guidance C.3 of this RG provide additional guidance on ingestion response planning for SMRs, non-LWRs, and NPUFs choosing to comply with 10 CFR 50.160, including the need to describe in emergency plans the State, local, and Tribal resources available for protection of the food ingestion pathway in the event of a radiological emergency. The concept of an ingestion pathway emergency planning zone (IPZ) was created in the 1970s when there may not have been sufficient infrastructure to support the identification and removal of radiologically contaminated goods from food chains. Of primary concern in the 1970s were the livestock and food products that could be contaminated from a radiological release at a large LWR. Since the 1970s, there have been significant improvements in the nation’s Federal and State capabilities to identify and remove from the food chain biologically and radiologically contaminated goods or produce. Current 1 The NRC uses the term “other new technologies,” or “ONTs,” to refer to technologies, such as non-LWRs and proposed medical radioisotope facilities that would be licensed under 10 CFR Part 50. DG-1350, Page 7 Federal resources developed since then that are available for radiological emergency response include the Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center (FRMAC) and the Advisory Team for Environment, Food and Health, as well as sampling and testing laboratories. The mission of the FRMAC is to coordinate and manage all Federal radiological environmental monitoring and assessment activities during a nuclear or