This tutorial provides basic provisions for the development of national radiation emergency plan, concepts of operations, roles and responsibilities of all the responding organizations, and their relationships with each other, combining other plans and ensuring that all the other planning is integrated and compatible. It provides examples of the coordination of emergency preparedness and response arrangements at the regional level. Ultimately, the State should adopt legislation to clearly allocate responsibilities for preparedness and response for a radiation emergency. This should ensure that the functions and responsibilities of operators and response organizations are clearly assigned and understood by all concerned. In addition, a regulatory body should require that emergency plans be prepared for the on-site area for any practice or source that could necessitate an emergency response. For facilities within EPC I, II or III appropriate emergency arrangements shall be established from the time that nuclear fuel (or significant amounts of radioactive or fissile material) is brought to the site, and complete emergency preparedness shall be ensured before the commencement of operation. The regulatory body should ensure that these plans are integrated with those of other response organizations as appropriate before the commencement of operation. The regulatory body should also ensure that these plans provide a reasonable assurance of effective response in accordance with this publication in the event of a radiation emergency. It is recommended to use this tutorial in conjunction with current standards in the field of emergency preparedness and response.

• CONTENTS
• List of abbreviated terms
• Introduction
• 1. Development of national radiation emergency plan
  • 1.1. Organizations and staffing
  • 1.2. Coordination of emergency preparedness and response
    • 1.2.1. National coordination
    • 1.2.2. International coordination
    • 1.2.3. Information exchange
  • 1.3. Emergency planning
    • 1.3.1. Emergency plans and procedures
    • 1.3.2. Step-by-step approach to developing emergency response capability
    • 1.3.3. Consultation with interested parties
• 2. Concept of operations
  • 2.1. Concept of operations for nuclear emergencies in EPC I, II and V
  • 2.2. Concept of operations for radiological emergencies in EPC III
  • 2.3. Concept of operations for radiological emergencies in EPC IV
• 3. Roles and responsibilities of all the responding organizations
  • 3.1. Roles and responsibilities of the regulatory body
  • 3.2. Roles and responsibilities of the operating organization
  • 3.3. Roles and responsibilities of response organizations
  • 3.4. National coordinating mechanism
• 4. Combination, integration and compatibilization of all emergency plans
• 5. Examples of the coordination of emergency preparedness and response arrangements at the regional level
• Conclusion
• References
• Annex
  • Annex A
  • Annex B
  • Annex C