Facility emergency preparedness activities

The TA-V Deputy Director for Operations is responsible for developing an emergency preparedness and response plan for TA-V and assuring that the plan is consistent with the overall SNUNM EP. The TA-V EPP is referenced in the SNL/NM EP. Copies of the SNL/NM EP and the TA-V EPP are placed In strategic emergency facilities within TA-V. The TA-V Deputy Director for Operations has direct administrative responsibility for ail emergency preparedness activities and authority for implementation of the TA-V EPP, and is vested with the authority to exercise operational control of non-security-based emergencies within TA-V. 

This capability assessment is likely to identify satisfactory levels of capability in some areas but not in others. Thus, the EP coordinator should document the capability shortfall and devise a multiyear development plan to reduce it. Emergency preparedness is often a low priority for most organizations hence, the limited funds available for this activity make it likely that a multiyear (typically five year) development plan will be needed that sets specific annual milestones. Once the annual milestones have been set, facility EP coordinators should monitor their programs achievement of these objectives. 

As per the provisions of the Atomic Act, reconstruction or implementation of other changes in nuclear facilities that affect nuclear safety, radiation protection, emergency preparedness and security falls into the category of activities for which a permission (license) must be granted by the Czech Republic regulatory authority, i.e., the State Office for Nuclear Safety (SUJB). The Act also outlines the contents of the documentation that must be submitted to the SUJB in support of the application for such a license. The documentation shall include the following information ... 

III Preparedness Procedures All the activities taken to prepare the facility and personnel for an emergency, including training, drills and exercises, equipment acquisition, development of mutual aid agreements, community relations, annual reviews, and testing. 

Some regulations require that a facility conduct a risk assessment and/or other preparatory activities. RCRA calls it a preparedness and prevention plan. A facility subject to RCRA must determine how structures, processes, and operations can be changed in order to minimize the possibility of an emergency involving hazardous waste. The facility also has to determine the communications and alarm systems that will be used in the event of such an emergency. CWA includes prevention in its requirements for the Spill Prevention, Containment, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan. The 1990 amendments to the CAA added an accident prevention plan for extremely hazardous substances. 

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