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Evaluation Report: Inspector General's Assessment of the Most Serious Management and Performance Challenges Facing NRC [2012]
From the Executive Summary: "The 'Reports Consolidation Act of 2000' requires Federal agency Inspectors General (IG) to annually summarize what they consider to be the most serious management and performance challenges facing their agency and to assess the agency's progress in addressing those challenges. [...] In accordance with the act, the IG at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) updated what he considers to be the most serious management and performance challenges facing NRC. The IG considered the overall work of the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), the OIG staff's general knowledge of agency operations, and other relevant information to develop and update his list of management and performance challenges and assess the agency's progress in addressing the challenges. [...] The IG identified seven challenges that he considers the most serious management and performance challenges facing NRC. The challenges identify critical areas or difficult tasks that warrant high-level management attention."
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Inspector General
2012-10-01
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Inspector General's Assessment of the Most Serious Management and Performance Challenges Facing NRC
From Inspector General Hubert T. Bell: "In accordance with the Reports Consolidation Act of 2000, I have updated what I consider to be the most serious management and performance challenges facing the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). This report conveys the updated challenge list and provides a description of each challenge area and an assessment of agency actions to address these areas. On January 24, 2000, Congress enacted the Reports Consolidation Act of 2000, requiring Federal agencies to provide financial and performance management information in a more meaningful and useful format for Congress, the President, and the public. The act requires the Inspector General (IG) of each Federal agency to annually summarize what he or she considers to be the most serious management and performance challenges facing the agency and to assess the agency's progress in addressing those challenges."
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Inspector General
2013-10-02
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United States of America Seventh National Report for the Convention on Nuclear Safety
"The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has prepared Revision 6 to NUREG [Nuclear Regulatory Commission Regulation]-1650, 'The United States of America Seventh National Report for the Convention on Nuclear Safety,' for submission for peer review at the seventh review meeting of the Convention on Nuclear Safety, to be convened at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria, in March 2017. This report addresses the safety of land-based commercial nuclear power plants in the United States. It demonstrates how the U.S. Government achieves and maintains a high level of nuclear safety worldwide by enhancing national measures and international cooperation, and by meeting the obligations of all the articles established by the Convention. These articles address the safety of existing nuclear installations, the legislative and regulatory framework, the regulatory body, responsibility of the licensee, the priority given to safety, financial and human resources, human factors, quality assurance, assessment and verification of safety, radiation protection, emergency preparedness, siting, design and construction, and operation. This report also addresses the principles of the Vienna Declaration adopted by the Contracting Parties in February 2015. Similar to the U.S. National Report issued in 2013, this revised document includes a section developed by the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations describing work that the U.S. nuclear industry has done to ensure safety. The primary responsibility for the safety of a nuclear installation rests with the license holder; therefore, Part 3 explains how the nuclear industry maintains and improves nuclear safety."
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
2016-10
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Inadequate Controls of Respiratory Protection Accessibility, Training, and Maintenance
From the Purpose: "The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing this information notice (IN) to inform addressees of inspection findings related to weaknesses in licensee respiratory protection programs supporting emergency preparedness. Inadequate controls of accessibility, training, and maintenance of self-contained breathing apparatuses (SCBAs) has led to numerous violations since 2001. Specifically, this IN intends to inform licensees of the importance of having adequate procedures to properly implement and maintain an effective respiratory protection program The NRC expects that recipients will review the information for applicability to their facilities and consider actions, as appropriate, to avoid similar problems. However, suggestions contained in this information notice do not constitute NRC requirements; therefore, no specific action or written response is required."
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards . . .
2014-12-01
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Failure to Properly Augment Emergency Response Organizations
From the Purpose: "The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing this information notice (IN) to notify addresses of instances of licensees not properly staffing emergency response organizations (EROs). The NRC expects recipients to review the information for applicability to their facilities and consider actions, as appropriate, to avoid similar problems. However, suggestions contained in this IN are not NRC requirements; therefore, no specific action or written response is required."
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research
2012-10-26
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Capabilities and Practices of Offsite Response Organizations for Protective Actions in the Intermediate Phase of a Radiological Emergency Response
From the Abstract: "This report documents the results of a study conducted to better understand the capabilities and practices of offsite response organizations (OROs) for protective actions in the intermediate phase of a radiological emergency response. The research consisted of: [1] Interviews with state OROs regarding protective action decisions (PADs) and capabilities. [2] Review of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) after action reports (AARs) from the Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program ingestion pathway exercises. [3] Review of a sample of state radiological emergency response plans. Nine states voluntarily participated in the interview process, including at least one state from eight of the nine FEMA regions with nuclear power plants."
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response
Hoell, Douglas; Park, Thomas; Denneny, Matt
2018-06
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NRC Information Notice 2008-10: Response to Indications of Potential Tampering, Vandalism, or Malicious Mischief
The purpose of this U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) information notice (IN) is "to inform addressees of how important it is to recognize the early indications of possible acts of tampering, vandalism, or malicious mischief, and to respond to them rapidly and appropriately. It is expected that recipients will review this information, for applicability to their facilities, and consider actions, as appropriate. However, suggestions contained in this IN are not NRC requirements; therefore, no specific action or written response is required."
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
2008-05-01
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Effective Cyber Security Practices to Protect Digital Assets of Byproduct Materials Licensees
From the Purpose: "The NRC [Nuclear Regulatory Commission] is issuing this information notice (IN) to inform licensees of the results of an assessment conducted by the NRC staff on the potential need for cyber security requirements for byproduct materials licensees and to communicate effective cyber security practices to protect digital assets. The information in this IN is not an NRC requirement; therefore, the NRC requires no specific action or written response. The NRC is providing this IN to the Agreement States for their information and for distribution to their applicable licensees, as appropriate."
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
2019-08-14
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NRC Information Notice 2009-01: National Response Framework
"The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing this Information Notice (IN) to inform licensees and certificate holders of the National Response Framework (NRF), which replaced the National Response Plan (NRP) in 2008. This IN describes how Federal departments and agencies will use the NRF in their response planning so that licensees understand and are better prepared for a coordinated Federal response to an event at their facility. The NRC expects that recipients will review the information for applicability to their facilities and consider actions, as appropriate."
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
2009-01-22
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Joint FEMA/NRC Exercise Scenario Task Force Region IV - NC - Focus Group Summary
FEMA Region IV hosted a focus group for 32 participants at the Charlotte Fire and Police Training Academy in Charlotte, NC on August 13, 2008. Focus group participants included representatives from: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), FEMA Region IV, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, North Carolina Emergency Management, South Carolina Emergency Management Division, North Carolina State Highway Patrol, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Duke Energy, Progress Energy, Southern Nuclear Company, York County Office of Emergency Management, Catawba County, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Emergency Management, Brunswick County Emergency Services, Wake County Emergency Management, Iredell County Emergency Management, and Lee County Emergency Management. Stakeholders provided input on the REP Program and the work of the REP Task Force.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2008-08-22?
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Joint FEMA/NRC Exercise Scenario Task Force Region VII - MO - Focus Group Summary
FEMA Region VII hosted a focus group for 40 participants at the Region VII FEMA Office in Kansas City, MO on August 7, 2008. Focus group participants included representatives from: Atchison County Emergency Management, Benton County Emergency Management, Coffey County Emergency Management, Nemaha County Emergency Management and Richardson County Emergency Management; Iowa Department of Public Health, Iowa Emergency Management Director, Kansas Division of Emergency Management, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Kansas National Guard, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Missouri Emergency Management Agency, Nebraska Emergency Management Agency, and the University of Iowa; Callaway-Ameren Nuclear Generating Station, Cooper Nuclear Station, Wolf Creek Generating Station, Omaha Public Power District, and Exelon; Defense Coordinating Element Region VII, Department of Homeland Security Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, DHS National Protection and Programs Directorate, DHS Science and Technology, Environmental Protection Agency Region VII, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Integrated Public Alert and Warning System, Region VII FEMA Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) Program staff, and Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Stakeholders provided input on the REP Program and the work of the REP Task Force.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2008-08-12?
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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., Supplement 4: Criteria for National Preparedness Initiative Integration, Exercise Enhancement, and Backup Alert and Notification Systems
"The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) jointly issue this Supplement 4 to NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev. 1 to provide additional guidance for the development, review, and evaluation of offsite radiological emergency response planning and preparedness surrounding the Nation's commercial nuclear power plants (NPPs). This guidance addresses four emerging issues: (1) aligning the offsite Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) Program with national preparedness initiatives under Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD)-5 and Presidential Policy Directive (PPD)-8; (2) preparing for and responding to hostile action-based (HAB) incidents at NPPs; (3) enhancing scenario realism and reducing negative training and pre-conditioned responses of exercise participants; and (4) ensuring backup means are in place for alert and notification systems."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
2011-10
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Joint FEMA/NRC Exercise Scenario Task Force Region VI Focus Group Summary
"FEMA Region VI hosted a focus group for 33 participants at the Holiday Inn in Denton, Texas on May 28, 2008. Focus group participants included representatives from: Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant (CPNPP), South Texas Project (STP), Waterford-3, and Grand Gulf Nuclear Station (GGNS); Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), Texas Governor's Department of Emergency Management (GDEM), Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ); Johnson County (AR) Office of Emergency Management, Pope County (AR) Office of Emergency Management, Hood County (TX) Emergency Management, Hood County (TX) Judge, Matagorda County (TX) Emergency Management, Somervell County (TX) Emergency Management Commission, and East Baton Rouge (LA) Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (OHSEP); and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Nuclear Regulatory Committee (NRC) Headquarters, and Region VI FEMA Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) Program staff. Participants discussed the proposed changes as part of a single focus group with two facilitators and two note takers."
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2008?
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Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological Emergency Response Plans and Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power Plants (Final Report)
This document provides citations to replace the outdated citations referred to in Revision 1 to NUREG-0654/, FEMA-REP-1.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
2002-03
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Joint FEMA/NRC Exercise Scenario Task Force: Region III Focus Group Summary
"FEMA Region III hosted a focus group for 30 participants at the Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) in Reisterstown, Maryland on June 18, 2008. Focus group participants included representatives from: the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), Constellation Energy, Dominion Power, and Public Service Electric and Gas (PSEG), Nuclear Emergency Preparedness; Dorchester County (MD) Emergency Management Agency; Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA), Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE), Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), Maryland National Guard, Pennsylvania Bureau of Radiation Protection (BRP), Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA), Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM), and West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management; the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM); and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Nuclear Regulatory Committee (NRC) Headquarters, and Region III FEMA Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) Program staff. Participants discussed the proposed changes as part of a single focus group with two facilitators and two note takers."
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2008-06-28?
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Federal Guide for a Radiological Response: Supporting the Nuclear Regulatory Commission During the Initial Hours of a Serious Accident
"This document is a planning guide for those Federal agencies that work with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) during the initial hours of response to a serious radiological emergency in which the NRC is the Lead Federal Agency (LFA). These Federal agencies are: DOE [Department of Energy], EPA [Environmental Protection Agency], USDA [United States Department of Agriculture], HHS [Health and Human Services], NOAA [National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration], and FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]. This guide is intended to help these agencies prepare for a prompt response. Instructions are provided on receiving the initial notification, the type of person to send to the scene, the facility at which people are needed, how to get them to that facility, and what they should do when they arrive. Federal agencies not specifically mentioned in this guide may also be asked to support the NRC."
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational Data. Division of Operational Assessment
1993-11
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Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological Emergency Response Plans and Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power Plants: Criteria for Emergency Planning in an Early Site Permit
"The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have added Supplement 2 to NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Revision 1, to provide guidance for the development, review, and approval of radiological emergency information and plans submitted with an early site permit application under Subpart A of 10 CFR Part 52."
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
Kantor, F.; Fox, E. F., Jr.; Wingert, V. . . .
1996-04
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Joint FEMA/NRC [Nuclear Regulatory Commission] Exercise Scenario Task Force Region III Focus Group Summary
FEMA Region III hosted a focus group for 30 participants at the Maryland Emergency Management Agency State Emergency Operations Center in Reisterstown, Maryland on June 18, 2008. Focus group participants included representatives from: the Nuclear Energy Institute, Constellation Energy, Dominion Power, and Public Service Electric and Gas, Nuclear Emergency Preparedness; Dorchester County (MD) Emergency Management Agency; Delaware Emergency Management Agency, Maryland Department of the Environment, Maryland Emergency Management Agency, Maryland National Guard, Pennsylvania Bureau of Radiation Protection, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, Virginia Department of Emergency Management, and West Virginia Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management; the International Association of Emergency Managers; and Federal Emergency Management Agency and Nuclear Regulatory Committee Headquarters, and Region III FEMA Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) Program staff. Stakeholders provided input on the REP Program and the work of the REP Task Force.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
2008-06-26?
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Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation of Radiological Emergency Response Plans and Preparedness in Support of Nuclear Power Plants [1980]
"The purpose of this document is to provide a common reference and guidance source for: [1.] State and local governments and nuclear facility operators in the development of radiological emergency response plans and preparedness in support of nuclear power plants. [2.] Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), and other Federal agency personnel engaged in the review of State, local government and licensee plans and preparedness. [3.] The Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and other Federal agencies in the development of the National Radiological Emergency Preparedness Plan."
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
1980-11
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Development of Evacuation Time Estimate Studies for Nuclear Power Plants
"Since the publication of NUREG/CR-4831, State of the Art in Evacuation Time Estimate Studies for Nuclear Power Plants, technologies supporting the development of Evacuation Time Estimates (ETEs) have substantially changed and additional evacuation considerations have emerged. ETEs are part of the planning basis for each nuclear power plant (NPP), and as such, ETE studies are required to be performed by licensees to estimate the time needed to evacuate the public in the unlikely event of a serious accident. As advancements in new technologies that support evacuations and evacuation planning continue, and as new information on evacuations becomes available, it is important that these technologies and information be considered in development of an ETE."
Sandia National Laboratories; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response
Dotson, Lori J.; Jones, Joe
2005-01
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Identification and Analysis of Factors Affecting Emergency Evacuations: Appendices
"Volume II contains the data and information that support Volume I. Appendix A contains a detailed listing of the 230 evacuations that comprise the universe of evacuations. Appendix B contains the evacuation form used to collect data for each of the 50 cases studied. Appendix C contains the results of the frequency analysis. The remaining appendices contain the SAS 8.02 output for the regression analyses (Appendices F through K) and the correlation analyses (Appendix L)."
Sandia National Laboratories; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response
Jones, J.; Dotson, L. J.
2005-01
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Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual (MARSSIM)
The MARSSIM provides information on planning, conducting, evaluating, and documenting building surface and surface soil final status radiological surveys for demonstrating compliance with dose or risk-based regulations or standards. The MARSSIM is a multi-agency consensus document that was developed collaboratively by four Federal agencies having authority and
control over radioactive materials: Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Energy (DOE),
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The MARSSIM's objective is to describe a consistent approach for planning, performing, and
assessing building surface and surface soil final status surveys to meet established dose or risk-based
release criteria, while at the same time encouraging an effective use of resources. The Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual (MARSSIM) provides a nationally consistent consensus approach to conducting radiation surveys and investigations at potentially contaminated sites. This approach should be both scientifically rigorous and flexible enough to be applied to a diversity of site cleanup conditions. MARSSIM's title includes the term "survey" because it provides information on planning and conducting surveys, and includes
the term "site investigation" because the process outlined in the manual allows one to begin by investigating any site (i.e., by gathering data or information) that may involve radioactive contamination.
United States. Department of Defense; United States. Environmental Protection Agency; United States. Department of Energy . . .
2000-08
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Planning Basis for the Development of State and Local Government Radiological Emergency Response Plans in Support of Light Water Nuclear Power Plants
"The purpose of this report is to provide a basis for Federal, State and local government emergency preparedness organizations to determine the appropriate degree of emergency response planning efforts in the environs of nuclear power plants. The report is the product of a Task Force of NRC [Nuclear Regulatory Commission] and EPA [Environmental Protection Agency] representatives formed in 1976 to address this issue. The Task Force hopes that the guidance provided here will be used to supplement the extensive emergency planning guidance already published by NRC and EPA. [...] This report represents a consensus view of the Task Force on the planning basis guidance and on a number of important issues related to emergency planning which were considered in the development of the guidance. As of the publication date of.this report, these recommendations had not been formally adopted by the NRC or EPA and therefore represent only Task Force views. However, the concept of a generic area in which to plan has received general acceptance by the variety of groups commenting on drafts of this report. If adopted by the NRC, the Task Force expects that the key elements of the guidance would be incorporated in the NRC's primary emergency planning guidance publication for States and their local governments (NUREG-75/111) and therefore used by Federal agencies as a part of the basis for concurrence in State and local government Radiological Emergency Response Plans in support of power reactor facilities."
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation; United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Radiation Programs
Collins, H. E. (Harold E.); Grimes, B. K. (Brian K.); Galpin, F. (Floyd)
1978-12
