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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times, timely augmentation of response capabilities is available and the interfaces among various onsite response activities and offsite support and response activities are specified. b. Two emergency planning functions have been defined for this planning standard: (1) The process ensures that onshift emergency response responsibilities are staffed and assigned. (2) The process for timely augmentation of onshift staff is established and maintained. c. Sections IV.A and IV.C of Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50 provide supporting requirements. Informing criteria appear in Section II.B of NUREG-0654 and the licensee’s emergency plan. Changes to the ERO have the potential to affect its performance in the major functional areas and major tasks, and evaluations of the effect of such changes would necessarily involve other emergency planning functions. The following are examples of changes to the licensee’s emergency plan that could require prior NRC approval: (1) A change could require prior NRC approval if it would cause any of the major functional areas or major tasks identified in the emergency plan to be unassigned. An example of DG-1324, Page 21 this type of change would be replacing qualified radiation protection technicians with other personnel who do not have the requisite qualification to offer radiation protection coverage to personnel other than themselves (e.g., coverage for an offsite fire department responding onsite). (2) A change that increases the ERO augmentation time or a change in how the augmentation time is determined (e.g., when the augmentation period starts and when it ends) could require prior NRC approval if either one would increase the delay in providing meaningful support to the onshift organization beyond the times established in the emergency plan. An example of this type of change would be one in which the committed augmentation time is extended by 10 minutes to account for traffic delays or ERO notification or one in which the EOF is