Energia i regulacje · 14.04.1995

Production and Utilization Facilities; Emergency Planning and Preparedness Exercise Requirements

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to revise its emergency planning regulations. The proposed rule would amend the current regulations governing domestic licensing of production and utilization facilities, as necessary, to facilitate greater flexibility in the licensee's emergency preparedness training activities during the ``off-year'' for implementing the current requirement for annual exercise of the onsite emergency plan which is conducted to evaluate major portions of licensees' emergency response capabilities. The proposed amendment would preserve the existing requirement that each licensee, at each site, exercise biennially with full participation by States and local governments within the plume exposure pathway emergency planning zone (EPZ); would reduce from annual to biennial the required frequency of exercise of the licensee's onsite emergency plan (which may be included in the biennial full participation exercise); would require licensees to ensure that adequate emergency response capabilities are maintained during the interval between biennial exercises by conducting drills, including at least one drill involving a combination of some of the principal