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Administrative Letter
Transmittals to inform addressees of specific regulatory or administrative
information or to clarify this information. Note: Discontinued in September
1999.
File Name |
Date |
Description |
AL 94-04 |
04/11/94 |
Change to NRC Operations Center Commercial Telephone and Facsimile Numbers |
AL 94-07 |
05/06/94 |
Distribution of Site-Specific and State Emergency Planning Information |
AL 94-16 |
11/30/94 |
Revision of the NRC Core Inspection Program for Annual Emergency Preparedness Exercises |
AL 97-03 |
03/28/97 |
Plant Restart Discussions Following Natural Disasters |
Bulletin
Used to transmit information or to request a specified action or response
for significant issues that also have "urgency" (e.g., matters
of safety, safeguards, or environmental significance). A bulletin requires
a written response by the addressees, usually within a specified time
frame, under oath or affirmation in keeping with its urgent nature.
File Name |
Date |
Description |
Bulletin 79-18 |
08/07/79 |
Audibility Problems Encountered on Evacuation of Personnel from High-Noise Areas |
Bulletin 80-15 |
06/18/80 |
Possible Loss of Emergency Notification System (ENS) with Loss of Offsite Power |
Bulletin 05-02 |
07/18/05 |
Emergency Preparedness and Response Actions for Security-Based Events |
Generic Letter (GL)
Generic letters are used to request information or action, or both, that
is considered "routine." Unlike bulletins, a generic letter
is published in the Federal Register for public comment and will typically
not invoke oath or affirmation requirements.
File Name |
Date |
Description |
GL 79-50 |
10/79 |
Emergency Plans Submittal Dates |
GL 79-67 |
11/29/79 |
Estimates for Evacuation of Various Areas Around Nuclear Power Reactors |
GL 80-34 |
04/25/80 |
Clarification of NRC Requirements for Emergency Response Facilities at Each Site |
GL 80-57 |
06/26/80 |
Further Commission Guidance for Power Reactor Operating Licenses |
GL 80-60 |
07/02/80 |
Request for Information Regarding Evacuation Times |
GL 80-90 |
10/31/80 |
Post TMI Requirements, NUREG-0737 |
GL 80-93 |
11/06/80 |
Emergency Preparedness |
GL 80-94 |
11/13/80 |
Emergency Plan |
GL 81-10 |
02/18/81 |
Post-TMI Requirements for the Emergency Operations Facility |
GL 82-33 |
12/17/82 |
Issued Supplement 1 to NUREG-0737, which provided additional clarification regarding the safety parameter display systems, detailed control room design reviews, Regulatory Guide 1.97 (Rev. 2). |
GL 89-06 |
04/12/89 |
Task Action Plan Item I.D.2 – Safety Parameter Display System – 10 CFR 50.54(f) |
GL 89-15 |
08/21/89 |
Emergency Response Data System |
GL 91-14 |
09/23/91 |
Alerts licensees to NRC efforts to implement the upgrade to its emergency telecommunications system |
GL 93-01 |
03/03/93 |
Emergency Response Data System Test Program (Generic Letter 93-01) |
GL 93-07 |
12/28/93 |
Allows licensees to remove from their technical specification administrative controls the requirement that the utility nuclear audit and review group to conduct an audit of Emergency Plans and procedures |
GL 96-02 |
02/13/96 |
Reconsideration of Nuclear Power Plant Security Requirements Associated with an Internal Threat |
GL 03-01 |
06/12/03 |
Control Room Habitability |
Information Notice (IN)
Information notices are used to inform the nuclear industry of recent
events. This includes significant, recently identified safety, security,
or environmental information. Licensees are expected to review the information
for applicability to their facilities and consider actions, as appropriate,
to avoid similar problems. Information notices will not convey or imply
new requirements or new interpretations and will not request information
or actions.
File Name |
Date |
Description |
IN 81-34 |
11/16/81 |
Accidental Actuation of Prompt Public Notification System |
IN
82-44 |
11/18/82 |
Clarification of Emergency Plan Exercise Requirements |
IN
83-28 |
05/04/83 |
Criteria for Protective Action Recommendations for General Emergencies |
IN
83-34 |
05/26/83 |
Event Notification Information Worksheet |
IN
84-05 |
01/16/84 |
Exercise Frequency - 44 CFR 350 |
IN
84-40 |
05/30/84 |
Emergency Worker Doses |
IN
85-41 |
05/24/85 |
Scheduling of Pre-Licensing Emergency Preparedness Exercises |
IN
85-44 |
05/30/85 |
Emergency Communication System Monthly Test |
IN
85-52 |
07/10/85 |
Errors in Dose Assessment Computer Codes and Reporting Requirements
Under 10 CFR Part 21 |
IN
85-55 |
07/15/85 |
Revised Emergency Exercise Frequency Rule |
IN
85-62 |
07/23/85 |
Backup Telephone Numbers to the NRC Operations Center |
IN
85-80 |
10/15/85 |
Timely Declaration of an Emergency Class, Implementation of an Emergency
Plan, and Emergency Notifications |
IN
86-18 |
03/26/86 |
NRC On-Site Response During a Major Emergency |
IN
86-28 |
04/28/86 |
Telephone Numbers to NRC Operations Center and Regional Offices |
IN
86-43 |
06/10/86 |
Problems with Silver Zeolite Sampling of Airborne Radioiodine |
IN
86-55 |
07/10/86 |
Delayed Access to Safety-Related Areas and Equipment During Plant
Emergencies |
IN
86-97 |
11/28/86 |
Emergency Communication System
Defines Emergency Notification
System (ENS) and Health Physics Network (HPN) and provides guidance
on operation and testing of the system |
IN
86-98 |
12/02/86 |
Offsite Medical Services |
IN
87-54 |
10/23/87 |
Emergency Response Exercises - "Off-Year Exercises" |
IN
87-58 |
11/16/87 |
Continuous Communications Following Emergency Notification |
IN
88-15 |
04/18/88 |
Availability of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Approved
Potassium Iodide for Use in Emergencies Involving Radioactive Iodine |
IN
89-46 |
05/11/89 |
Confidentiality of Exercise Scenarios |
IN
89-72 |
10/24/89 |
Failure of Licensed Senior Operators to Classify Emergency Events
Properly |
IN
90-74 |
12/04/90 |
Information on Precursors to Severe Accidents |
IN 91-64 |
10/09/91 |
Site Area Emergency Resulting from the Loss of Non-Class 1E Uninterruptible Power Supplies |
IN
91-64, Supp. 1 |
10/07/92 |
Site Area Emergency Resulting from the Loss of Non-Class 1E Uninterruptible
Power Supplies |
IN
91-72 |
11/19/91 |
Issuance of a Revision to the EPA Manual of Protective Action Guides
and Protective Actions for Nuclear Incidents |
IN
91-77 |
11/26/91 |
Shift Staffing at Nuclear Power Plants |
IN
92-08 |
01/23/92 |
Revised Protective Actions and Guides for Nuclear Incidents |
IN
92-32 |
04/29/92 |
Problems Identified with Emergency Ventilation Systems for Near-Site
(Within 10 Miles) Emergency Operations Facilities and Technical Support
Centers |
IN
92-38 |
05/12/92 |
Implementation Date for the Revision to the EPA Manual of Protective
Action Guides and Protective Actions for Nuclear Incidents (EPA-400-R-92-001) |
IN
93-53 |
07/20/93 |
Effect of Hurricane Andrew on Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station
and Lessons Learned |
IN
93-81 |
10/12/93 |
Implementation of Engineering Expertise on Shift |
IN
93-94 |
12/09/93 |
Unauthorized Forced Entry into the Protected Area at Three Mile
Island Unit 1 on February 7, 1993 |
IN
94-27 |
03/31/94 |
Facility Operating Concerns Resulting from Local Area Flooding |
IN
95-23 |
04/24/95 |
Control Room Staffing Below Minimum Regulatory Requirement |
IN
95-48 |
10/10/95 |
Results of Shift Staffing Study |
IN
96-19 |
04/02/96 |
Failure of Tone Alert Radios to Activate When Receiving a Shortened
Activation Signal |
IN 97-05 |
02/27/97 |
Offsite Notification Capabilities |
IN
97-34 |
06/12/97 |
Deficiencies in Licensee Submittals Regarding Terminology for Radiological
Emergency Action Levels in Accordance with the New Part 20 |
IN
98-20 |
06/03/98 |
Problems with Emergency Preparedness Respiratory Programs |
IN
02-14 |
04/08/02 |
Ensuring a Capability to Evacuate Individuals, Including Members
of the Public, from the Owner-Controlled Area |
IN
02-25 |
08/26/02 |
Challenges to Licensees' Ability to Provide Prompt Public
Notification and Information During an Emergency Preparedness Event |
IN 04-19 |
11/04/04 |
Problems Associated with Back-up Power Supplies to Emergency Response Facilities and Equipment |
IN 05-06 |
03/30/05 |
Failure to Maintain Alert and Notification System Tone Alert
Radio Capability |
IN 05-19 |
07/18/05 |
Effect of Plant Configuration Changes on the Emergency Plan |
IN 06-28 |
09/28/06 |
Siren System Failures Due to
Erroneous Siren System Signal |
IN 07-12 |
03/15/07 |
Tactical Communications Interoperability Between Nuclear Power Reactor Licensees and First Responders |
Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS)
While a Regulatory Issue Summary (RIS) is used to convey new requirements
or transmit new interpretations of regulations, it does not require or
recommend specific actions. An RIS is used to
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Document NRC endorsement of the resolution of issues addressed by
industry-sponsored initiatives;
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Solicit voluntary licensee participation in staff-sponsored pilot
programs;
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Inform licensees of opportunities to regulatory relief;
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Announce staff technical or policy positions not previously communicated
to industry or not broadly understood; and;
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Address all matters previously reserved for administrative letters
(e.g., announce events of interest such as workshops or conferences
and other purposes strictly of an administrative nature).
With the exception of requesting voluntary submittal of information of
an administrative nature, an RIS may not request specific actions.
File Name |
Date |
Description |
RIS
00-08 |
03/28/00 |
Voluntary Submission of Performance Indicator Data |
RIS
00-11 |
06/30/00 |
NRC Emergency Telecommunications System |
RIS
00-11, Supp 1 |
03/22/01 |
NRC Emergency Telecommunications System – Supplement 1
Informs addressees that the FTS-2001 (ETS) will require them
to dial "1" before placing long distance calls and that they
will need to update their instructions and procedures accordingly |
RIS
01-16 |
08/01/01 |
Update of Evacuation Time Estimates |
RIS
02-01 |
01/14/02 |
Changes to NRC Participation in the International Nuclear Event Scale |
RIS
02-12d |
|
Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installations Using Dry Storage -
NRC Threat Advisory and Protective Measures System |
RIS
02-16 |
09/13/02 |
Current Incident Response Issues |
RIS
02-21 |
11/08/02 |
National Guard and Other Emergency Responders Located in the Licensee's
Controlled Area |
RIS
03-12 |
06/24/03 |
Clarification of NRC Guidance for Modifying Protective Actions |
RIS
03-18 |
10/08/03 |
Use of NEI 99-01, "Methodology for Development of Emergency
Action Levels," Revision 4, dated January 2003 |
RIS 03-18 Supp 1 |
07/13/04 |
Supplement 1, Use of NEI 99-01, "Methodology for Development of Emergency Action levels," Revision 4, dated January 2003 |
RIS 03-18 Supp 2 |
12/12/05 |
Supplement 1, Use of NEI 99-01, "Methodology for Development of Emergency Action levels," Revision 4, dated January 2003 |
RIS 04-13 |
08/02/04 |
Consideration of Sheltering in Licensee’s Range of Protective Action Recommendations |
RIS 04-13 Supp 1 |
03/10/05 |
RIS 04-13, Supplement 1, Consideration
of Sheltering in Licensee’s Range of Protective Action
Recommendations |
RIS 04-15 |
10/18/04 |
Emergency Preparedness Issues: Post 9/11 |
RIS 04-15 Supp 1 |
05/25/06 |
Emergency Preparedness Issues: Post 9/11 |
RIS 05-002 |
02/14/05 |
Clarifying the Process for Making Emergency Plan Changes |
RIS
05-008 |
06/06/05 |
Endorsement of Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) Guidance "Range
of Protective Actions for Nuclear Power Plant Incidents" |
RIS 05-013 |
07/13/05 |
NRC Incident Response and the National Response Plan |
RIS 06-002 |
02/23/06 |
Good Practices For Licensee Performance During The Emergency Preparedness Component of Force-On-Force Exercises |
RIS 06-003 |
02/24/06 |
Guidance On Requesting an Exemption From Biennial Emergency Preparedness Exercise Requirements |
RIS-06-012 |
07/19/06 |
Endorsement of Nuclear Energy Institute Guidance "Enhancements to Emergency Preparedness Programs for Hostile Action" |
RIS-06-021 |
09/28/06 |
Improving Response Capabilities Through the Use of an Incident Response Electronic Library |
RIS-07-01 |
01/10/07 |
Clarification of NRC Guidance for Maintaining a Standard Emergency Action Level Scheme |
RIS-07-02 |
02/02/07 |
Clarification of NRC Guidance for Emergency Notifications During Quickly Changing Events |
RIS-08-08 |
03/19/08 |
Endorsement of Revision 1 to Nuclear Energy Insitute Guidance Document NEI 06-04, "Conducting a Hostile Action-based Emergency Response Drill" |
Emergency Preparedness Position (EPPOS) Paper
Emergency Preparedness Position (EPPOS) papers were previously used by
the NRC Headquarters Emergency Preparedness Section to clarify emergency
preparedness issues to ensure a consistent interpretation by NRC staff
and inspectors. An EPPOS was considered an internal NRC document and was
not an NRC generic communication. Today, an EPPOS is no longer used to
provide internal clarification of EP issues. Rather, the Emergency Preparedness
Project Office will issue a RIS to provide information to both the industry
and the staff.
File Name |
Date |
Description |
EPPOS
No. 1 |
06/01/95 |
"Acceptable Deviations from Appendix 1 of NUREG-0654 Based
upon the Staff's Regulatory Analysis of NUMARC/NESP-007"
Provides guidance to the NRC staff on acceptability of proposed
changes to emergency action levels and classification schemes when
they depart from the guidance in Appendix 1 of NUREG-0654. |
EPPOS
No. 2 |
08/17/95 |
"Timeliness of Classification of Emergency Conditions"
Provides guidance to the NRC staff for evaluating the amount of
time taken by a licensee to classify an event and declare an emergency
once indications are available to control room operators that an
emergency action level has been reached or exceeded. |
EPPOS
No. 3 |
11/08/95 |
"Requirement for Onshift Dose Assessment Capability"
Provides guidance to the NRC staff on the requirements for licensees
to maintain an onshift dose assessment capability. |
EPPOS
No. 4 |
withdrawn 05/09/05 |
Replaced by RIS-2005-02
|
EPPOS
No. 5 |
07/17/96 |
"Emergency Planning Information Provided to the Public"
Provides guidance to NRC staff concerning methods by which licensees
may provide emergency planning information to the public. |
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