Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: fa5814c8-b91a-435c-8ee0-5cd4915f8b80
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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ensees should address the requirements in 10 CFR 50.160(b)(1)(i)-(iii), 10 CFR 50.160(b)(1)(iv)(A), and 10 CFR 50.160(b)(2)-(4) as described in Regulatory Guidance C.5, C.6, and C.8 of this RG. b. All SMR, non-LWR, or NPUF applicants and licensees proposing a plume exposure pathway EPZ that extends beyond the site boundary should address the requirements in 10 CFR 50.160(b)(1)(i)-(iii), 10 CFR 50.160(b)(1)(iv)(A) and (B), and 10 CFR 50.160(b)(2)-(4) as described in Regulatory Guidance C.5 through C.8 of this RG. 3. Each SMR, non-LWR, or NPUF applicant or licensee that chooses to adopt the EP regulations in 10 CFR 50.160 must describe in the emergency plan the Federal, State, local, and Tribal resources for protection of the ingestion pathway in the event of a radiological emergency. Even in cases where the facility’s plume exposure pathway EPZ is bounded by the site boundary, the applicant and licensee should reference capabilities of local, State, Tribal, and Federal authorities that provide actions to protect contaminated food and water from entering the ingestion pathway. The capabilities described in the emergency plan would need to address major exposure pathways associated with the ingestion of contaminated food and water. a. For ingestion response planning, the licensee or applicant should demonstrate that Federal, State, local, Tribal, or licensee capabilities exist to support intermediate and long term monitoring, analysis, and interdiction or embargo when warranted, for the products identified as a part of the local site’s food and water ingestion pathway. b. In order to interdict food pathways effectively, the contamination would need to be located, sampled, and identified. State, Tribal, and local officials would need to notify food producers to stop harvesting, using, and distributing from those identified locations to limit contaminated foods and water from entering the ingestion pathway. Therefore, the applicant’s and licensee’s emergency plan