Nuclear regulation

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6062984

GAO found that no federal agency assesses public knowledge of radiological emergency procedures. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has responsibility for ensuring the adequacy of offsite emergency plants at nuclear power plants and has periodically conducted surveys to determine whether emergency planning zones residents have received basic emergency planning information. However, FEMA has not assessed whether the public actually knows what to do in the event of an emergency. GAO believes it is appropriate that FEMA do this. This report provides information concerning the actions that utilities and FEMA take to notify EPZ residents of the procedures to be followed if a nuclear accident occurs. It recommends that FEMA develop a survey to assess EPZ residents' knowledge of radiological emergency procedures.

• Research Organization: General Accounting Office, Washington, DC (USA). Resources, Community and Economic Development Div.
• OSTI ID: 6062984
• Report Number(s): GAO/RCED-87-122
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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