The continuing evolution of the Federal Radiological Emergency Response Plan

Conference · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1989 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (USA)

OSTI ID:7070278

Gant, K S; Adler, M V ^[1]

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1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)

The Federal Radiological Emergency Response Plan (FRERP) outlines the roles and responsibilities of various federal agencies when responding to a radiological incident in support of a state or local government. The plan reflected the experience of the response to the Three Mile Island incident as well as that gained in a command post exercise and in the first FRERP field exercise in March 1984. The FRERP assigns the overall coordination of the federal response in most incidents to a cognizant federal agency (CFA), the agency owning of regulating the material of facility. The Federal Emergency Management Agency coordinates the nontechnical support and assistance to state and local authorities. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) coordinates all federal radiological monitoring and assessment activities during the emergency phase of the response, under the Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Plan (FRMAP), the radiological portion of the FRERP. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) later assumes the coordination of long-term federal radiological support. The DOE has the primary responsibility for implementing the FRMAP. The FRERP has provided useful guidance and a means for coordinating federal response in support of the states. The revision of the FRERP will concentrate on clarifying the plan and addressing deficiencies that have been identified during exercises of the plan during real incidents.

• OSTI ID: 7070278
• Report Number(s): CONF-891103--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (USA) Journal Volume: 60
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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