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Implementation of New Exercise Scenario and Demonstration Area Requirements

April 21, 2009

Jacques SingletonProgram Specialist, Emergence Management

Radiological Emergence Preparedness Branch

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6-Step Implementation Process

Publish Planning Standards & Evaluation Criteria

Develop guidance for updating plans and procedures

Develop requisite training programs

Conduct training

Update plans

Evaluate plans & conduct exercises

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6-Step Implementation Process:Publish Planning Standards & Evaluation

Criteria Publish draft NUREG-0654 Supplement 4 and the REP Program

Manual in Federal Register for public comment

Convene public comment adjudication team

Ensure consistency between FEMA REP Guidance and concurrent NRC Rulemaking Package

Publish final documents in Federal Register and distribute them to stakeholders

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6-Step Implementation Process: Develop Guidance for Updating Plans and

Procedures

Develop crosswalk of specific changes to existing REP Program Guidance

Develop list of new REP Program requirements

Develop guidance for implementing REP/HSEEP exercise processes

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6-Step Implementation Process:Develop Requisite Training Programs

Develop a refresher course for previously trained REP stakeholders that focuses on changes to the REP Program

Scenario Requirements (including Hostile Action) Integration of REP/HSEEP processes

Review and update existing REP training courses to ensure consistency with the updated REP Program

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6-Step Implementation Process:Conduct Training

ORO

Exercise Planners Emergency Management Managers and Elected Officials Exercise Participants

FEMA

Headquarters and Regional Staff REP Evaluators

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6-Step Implementation Process:Update Plans

National Preparedness: HSPD-5: Management of Domestic Incidents HSPD-8: National Preparedness PKEMRA

Establish a unified and coordinated approach to all-hazards preparedness : NIMS National Response Framework (NRF) HSEEP

National Response Framework: Nuclear Radiological Incident Annex Terrorism Annex Catastrophic Incident Annex

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6-Step Implementation Process:Evaluate Plans & Conduct Exercises

Plan evaluation will be conducted as part of the Annual Letter of Certification (ALC) process

Grace period of 2 years from the start of new exercise cycle for introducing new scenario elements

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Implementation Concerns

Phasing-in the evaluation of hostile action-based exercises:

Possible increased resource burden placed on States with multiple NPP reactor sites.

Potential for increased findings against State/Local REP programs

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