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NRC Incident
Response Program
Nilda Rivera
Office of Nuclear Security and Incident
Response
Emergency Response Coordinator
NRC Misssion
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Conduct an independent assessment of facility
conditions
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Conduct an independent assessment of potential
radiological release implications and protective
action recommendations
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Verify that licensee priorities and actions are in
the
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Coordinate all Federal response activities per the
Nuclear/ Radiological Incident Annex of the
National Response Framework
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Assist and support state and local decision
decisionmakers and response officials in any way possible
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public and the media and other keyy
Inform the p
stakeholders with “one-voice”
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ponsibilities
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Assess facility conditions
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Evaluate
P t ti Action
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Recommendations
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Support off-site officials
Keep other agencies informed
Keep news media informed
NSSIR Misssion
Office of Nuclear Security &
Incident Response (NSIR)
Mission Statement
To prevent nuclear security incidents
and
d respond
d to safety
f and
d security
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events
Vision Statement
To be a valued partner in Homeland
Security and Federal Emergency
Response
Resp
ponse P
Plans
NRF
The National Response
Framework presents the
guiding principles that
enable all response
partners to prepare for
and provide a unified
national response to
disasters and
g
emergencies
- from the
smallest incident to the
largest catastrophe
NRIA
Is an annex to
the National Response
Framework, which
provides for a timely,
timely
coordinated response
by Federal agencies to
nuclear or radiological
accidents or incidents
within the United
States.
NUREG-0728
IRMC/IRPs
Governs the overall NRC
response program. The
Plan/program reflects
Commission policy
regarding the planning
and preparations for,
response to, and recovery
from incidents and
g headquarters
q
assigns
and
regional responsibilities,
by organization and by
position, to assure the
NRC will fulfill its
statutory mission.
These plans and
procedure s contain the
detail strategies for how
the NRC will fulfill its
response mission. This
include the planning,
maintains and execution
of the response program.
NRC
C Respo
onse Modes
1
Normal
The routine state of NRC operations includes all activities
designed to maintain incident response readiness.
Normal
2
Monitoring
A heightened state of readiness. Usually the response is
conducted at the regional level
level.
Monitoring
3
Activation
An incident is sufficiently complex or uncertain that it
warrants extensive analysis and evaluation by the
agency.
Activation
4
Expanded
Activation
Expanded Activation
Warrants the dispatch of a Site Team to
support the NRC assessment at licensee
facilities located on and near the site.
Functional Areas
Operations Response Team
• HQ Operations Officers and Emergency
Response Officers
ff
staff
ff the
h HQ
Operations Center 24/7 to:
• Assess all incoming information
• Coordinate event-related
communications
• Facilitate a fast startup of the NRC
incident response organization if
conditions warrant
Even
nt Repo
orting & Coord
dinatio
on Activvities
Communication Flow Path
SState
EOC
NRC
Licensee
EPA
DOE
DHS
NOC
Others
NRC
HHS
Local
Response
15 minutes
USDA
FEMA
1 hour
If required
Reactor/Fuel Cycle Safety Team (RST/FCST)
Protective Measures Team (PMT)
Safeguards
Team (SGT)
The RST/FCST performs
an independent
assessment of facility conditions to provide
Liaison Team (LT)
the ET and PMT a clear understanding of the
significance
of the
and
the
possiblethe
The
Public
Affairs
provide
direct
support
The
PMT advises
theevent
ET on
the potential
Executive
Team to
(ET)
sequence
of future
events.
The
ET,
media,
ET
interface
with
media
and
the
lead
consequences
offthe
an
event,
texternal
th
the
status
tistRST/FCST
of
f
The
SGT
provides
the
NRC
interface
and
advises
the
ET
and
PMT
on
any
facility
contact
for the
White
House
and
other
Federal
protective
actions
underway,
and
any
conditions
coordination
to
other
Federal
organizations
andas
The
LT
keeps
Members
of
Congress,
State
and
The
FCT
mission
is
to
support
the
ET
by
acting
condition
that
could
affect
public
health
and
agencies’
public
affairs
offices.
that
might
impede
necessary
protective
actions.
State
and
local
agencies
for
security-related
Tribal
authorities,
and
international
contacts
the
primary
interface
with
Federal
counterparts
safety or threaten the environment.
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when
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agency's
incident
reactors
and the
for non-nuclear
related
incidents.
primary
vehicle
to
these
efforts communication
from
HOC once
the
NRC
enters
the
stakeholders.
ACTIVATION or EXPANDED ACTIVATION response
mode. To maintain awareness, response team
Team (FCT)
Directors brief Federal
the ET Coordination
regarding actions
the site is
taking and actions the NRC is taking.
Public Affairs (OPA)
NRC Re
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team
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• Regional
Leads NRC
response
on-site
NRC Regional Incident Response
• Monitors licensee activities
C t
Center
• Consults with State and local
• Lead for response in the
responders with respect to
Monitoring mode supported by
protective actions
HQ
• Implements authorities
yp
y led byy the Regional
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• Typically
delegated by the ET
Administrator or designee
• Assess the actions of the
• Has same assessment
licensee
capabilities as the HQ response
teams
Conclu
usion
Parting Note….
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•
NRC is responding
d to the
h event WITH YOU
NRC is NOT inspecting during our response
NRC does
d
NOT ttake
k over the
th response
NRC can bring in hundreds of additional
resources/experts - physically and ‘virtually’
virtually
• NRC is the conduit to other Federal resources
• We have the same goals:
– Mitigate the event
– Protect the p
public health and safety!
y
For Q
Questio
ons Con
ntact
Nilda Rivera
Emergency Response Coordinator
USNRC/NSIR/DPR/CB
301-287-3772
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[email protected]
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