Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 81395c8e-49df-441c-b98a-8ae655d174db
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Emergency Planning and Preparedness for Nuclear Power Reactors (Rev. 7)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2401/ML24019A202.pdf
Revision Date: 2025-03
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Section ID: RG-1.101
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anning standards that licensees and applicants must meet for the NRC to make a finding of reasonable assurance. o 10 CFR 50.47(b)(4) requires that onsite and offsite emergency response plans contain a standard emergency classification and action level scheme. o 10 CFR 50.47(b)(5) requires, in part, the establishment of the means to provide early notification and clear instruction to the populace within the plume exposure pathway emergency planning zone (EPZ). o 10 CFR 50.54(p)(3) requires, in part, that the licensee provide for the development, revision, implementation, and maintenance of its safeguards contingency plan. o 10 CFR 50.54(q)(2)(i) requires that a licensee under Part 50, or a holder of a combined license under 10 CFR Part 52 after the Commission makes the finding under 10 CFR 52.103(g), must follow and maintain the effectiveness of an emergency plan that meets the requirements in Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50 and, for nuclear power reactor licensees, the planning standards of 10 CFR 50.47(b). o 10 CFR 50.54(t)(1) requires licensees to provide for the development, revision, implementation, maintenance, and periodic independent review of its emergency preparedness program. o Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50 establishes the minimum requirements for the contents of emergency plans. • Section IV.B.1 of Appendix E provides that emergency action levels (EALs) must be established as part of the emergency plan and must be based on in-plant conditions and instrumentation in addition to onsite and offsite monitoring. • Section IV.C.1 of Appendix E requires each emergency plan to describe the emergency classification levels. • Section IV.D of Appendix E establishes additional regulatory requirements for ANS. • Section IV.D.3 requires, in part, that the alerting and notification capability must also include administrative and physical means for a backup method of public alert and notification. • Section IV.F. of Appendix E establishes the requirements for the