[Federal Register: May 8, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 89)]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological Emergency
Response Plans and Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power Plants;
Addenda to NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1,
Revision 1
AGENCIES: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Federal Emergency Management
Agency.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have issued an Addenda to NUREG-
0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 1, ``Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of
Radiological Emergency Response Plans and Preparedness in Support of
Nuclear Power Plants.'' This NUREG is the basic emergency planning
guidance document for radiological emergency planning and preparedness
for commercial nuclear power plants and is used by licensees and by
State and local government emergency response agencies to develop and
maintain radiological emergency plans for nuclear power plants.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March, 2002.
The Addenda to NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 1, also is available
electronically by visiting NRC's home page (http://www.nrc.gov/reading-
rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/) or FEMA's home page (http://
www.fema.gov/pte/rep/).
A copy of the Addenda to NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 1, is
available for a fee in the NRC Public Document Room, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland, Room O1F21.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Halvey Gibson, Chief, Emergency
Preparedness and Health Physics Section, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
0001, Telephone (301) 415-1086; electronic mail address: khg@nrc.gov or
Vanessa E. Quinn, Chief, Radiological Emergency Preparedness Branch,
Technological Services Division, Office of National Preparedness,
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472, telephone
(202) 646-3664; electronic mail address: vanessa.quinn@fema.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces the availability of
the Addenda to NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 1, ``Criteria for
Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological Emergency Response Plans and
Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power Plants.'' NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-
1, Rev. 1, was issued in November 1980 and is the basic emergency
planning guidance document for radiological emergency planning and
preparedness for commercial nuclear power plants. NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-
1, Rev. 1, is used by licensees and by State and local government
emergency response agencies to develop and maintain radiological
emergency plans for nuclear power plants. NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev.
1, is also used by staff of the NRC and FEMA to review, respectively,
licensee and State and local government radiological emergency plans
and preparedness, and to make findings and determinations regarding the
adequacy of these plans. As part of FEMA's strategic review of its
radiological emergency preparedness program, FEMA and NRC staff
determined that it was not necessary to revise NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1,
Rev. 1, but that to enhance its usefulness, the outdated citations in
the document should be replaced with updated citations through means of
an addenda. An initial version of the addenda was posted on the FEMA
web site and provided to the member agencies of the Federal
Radiological Preparedness Coordinating Committee for comment.
Additionally, a draft version of the addenda was provided to all
stakeholders for comment on March 26, 2001. Comments received were
incorporated as appropriate in the final addenda.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day of April, 2002.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Glenn M. Tracy,
Chief, Reactor Safeguards, Radiation Safety and Emergency Preparedness
Branch, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
For the Federal Emergency Management Agency on April 17, 2002.
Bruce Baughman,
Director, Office of National Preparedness, Federal Emergency Management
Agency.
[FR Doc. 02-11373 Filed 5-7-02; 8:45 am]
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