10 CFR 50.54(q) provides, in part, that a licensee authorized to possess and operate a nuclear power reactor follow and maintain in effect
emergency plans which meet the standards in 50.47(b). The nuclear power reactor licensee may make changes to the plans without NRC approval only if the changes do not decrease the effectiveness of the plans and the plans, as changed, continue to meet the standards of 50.47(b). Proposed changes that decrease the effectiveness of the approved
emergency plans may not be implemented without application to and approval by the NRC.
10 CFR 50.47(b) requires that the onsite emergency response plans for nuclear power reactors meet each of 16 planning standards, of which, planning standard 10 states, in part, that a range of protective actions be developed for the plume exposure pathway
EPZ for the public, and in developing this range of actions, consideration be given to evacuation and sheltering and that guidelines for the choice of protective actions also be developed and put in place. Contrary to this, the Point Beach
Emergency Plan, Chapter 6.0, Emergency Measures, Section 5.1.2.a.5 (a), states, in part, Although the State of
Wisconsin and the counties could implement sheltering, and because sheltering has different meanings for NRC and
FEMA, Point Beach Nuclear Plant will only recommend evacuation as a protective action for the public. As a result, the facility has not developed a range of
PARs. The finding was determined to be an unresolved item pending further regulatory review of the potential generic aspects of this issue, including a review of past correspondence and generic communications with the industry regarding
PARs (
URI 50-266/03-07-04; 50-301/03-07-04).
