Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 157 - Radiation Protection › Appendix Q

Current through June 24, 2024
Contents of an Emergency Plan
An emergency plan for responding to an event in which
				  radioactive material could be released from the site shall include the
				  following information:
a. Facility description. A brief description of the licensee
				  or applicant's facility and surroundings.
b. Types of accidents. An identification of each type of
				  radioactive materials accident for which actions by licensee staff or offsite
				  response organizations will be needed to protect members of the public.
c. Classification of accidents. A method for classifying and
				  declaring an accident as alert or site area emergency.
d. Detection of accidents. Identification of the means for
				  detecting each type of alert or site area emergency in a timely manner.
e. Mitigation of consequences. A brief description of the
				  means and equipment that are available for mitigating the consequences of each
				  type of accident, including those provided to protect workers onsite, and a
				  description of the program for maintaining the equipment.
f. Assessment of releases. A brief description of the methods
				  and equipment available to assess releases of radioactive material.
g. Responsibilities. A brief description of the
				  responsibilities of the licensee or applicant's personnel who will respond if
				  an accident occurs, including identification of personnel responsible for
				  promptly notifying offsite response organizations, including the
				  department.
h. Plan maintenance. A brief description of the positions
				  assigned and methods to develop, maintain and update the plan.
i. A list of offsite response organizations, description of
				  their responsibilities and anticipated actions, and copy of formal commitments,
				  if any.
j. Notification and coordination. A brief description of the
				  means to promptly notify the offsite response organizations and request offsite
				  assistance including medical assistance for the treatment of contaminated
				  injured onsite workers. The notification and coordination must include
				  alternate provisions in case key personnel, parts of the facility, or some
				  equipment are unavailable. The licensee shall also commit to notify the
				  department immediately after notification of the appropriate offsite response
				  organizations and not later than one hour after the licensee declares an
				  emergency.
k. Information to be communicated. A brief description of the
				  types of information on facility status, radioactive releases and recommended
				  protective actions, if necessary, to be given to offsite response organizations
				  and the department. A licensee shall allow the offsite response organizations
				  expected to respond in case of an accident 60 days to comment on the licensees
				  emergency plan before submitting it to the department. A licensee shall provide
				  any comments received within the 60 days to the department with the emergency
				  plan.
L. Training. A brief description of the frequency,
				  performance objectives and plan for training that the licensee or applicant
				  will provide workers on how to respond to an emergency, including any special
				  instructions and orientation tours that the licensee or applicant will offer to
				  fire, police, medical and other emergency personnel. The training shall
				  familiarize personnel with site-specific hazards and emergency procedures. The
				  training shall also prepare site personnel for their responsibilities in the
				  event of accident scenarios postulated as most probable for the specific site,
				  including the use of drills, exercises and team training for such
				  scenarios.
m. Drills and exercises. Provisions for conducting quarterly
				  communications checks with offsite response organizations and biennial onsite
				  exercises to test response to simulated emergencies. The licensee or applicant
				  shall invite offsite response organizations to participate in biennial
				  exercises. The exercises shall use accident scenarios postulated as the most
				  probable for the specific site and the scenarios may not be known to most
				  exercise participants. Critiques of exercises must evaluate the appropriateness
				  of the plan, emergency procedures, facilities, equipment, training of personnel
				  and overall effectiveness of the response. Deficiencies found by the critiques
				  must be corrected.
n. Safe condition. A brief description of the means of
				  restoring the facility and surroundings to a safe condition after an
				  accident.
o. Hazardous chemicals. A certification that the applicant
				  has met its responsibilities under the Emergency Planning and Community
				  Right-To-Know Act of 1986, Title III, Pub.L. 99-499, if applicable to the
				  applicant's activities at the proposed place of use of the radioactive
				  material.