Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
This video recording is from the technical session held at the NRC Regulatory Information Conference in 2024. 90% of the closed captions are accurate. More information on the technical session is provided below.
W10 Enjoy the View—Let Emergency Preparedness Be Your Guide
Landscapes are never constant; they change over time. The same is true for nuclear technologies, which means that radiological emergency preparedness (EP) must adapt as well. Last year, a final rule on EP for small modular reactors and other new technologies was just over the horizon. Now, the NRC has delivered on a final rule that brings the future of EP into view. The new regulations provide an alternative risk informed, performance based framework capable of adapting to new technologies. But how does this framework guide us through the changing nuclear landscape? This session will feature a panel of subject matter experts from the NRC, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and State government to discuss implementation of the new rule. Topics for discussion will include application of the established planning basis for EP, the NRC’s graded approach to EP, the benefits of a performance based approach, and preparedness for the whole community.
SESSION CHAIR(S):
Todd Smith, Senior Level Advisor for Emergency Preparedness and Incident Response, Division of Preparedness and Response, NSIR/NRC
Opening Remarks
SPEAKER(S):
Eric Schrader, Senior Emergency Preparedness Specialist, Policy & Oversight Branch, Division of Preparedness and Response, NSIR/NRC
Edward Robinson, Senior Emergency Preparedness Specialist, Reactor Licensing Branch, Division of Preparedness and Response, NSIR/NRC
Janis McCarroll, Senior Public Health Advisor, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency
Ken Evans, CRCPD HS/ER-5 Committee Chair, Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors
Courtney Ekstein, Radiation Program Director, Indiana Department of Homeland Security
SESSION CORDINATORS(S):
Christian Leatherbury, Technical Assistant, Division of Preparedness & Response, NSIR/NRC e-mail: Christian,Leatherbury@nrc.gov
This video recording is from the technical session held at the NRC Regulatory Information Conference in 2024. 90% of the closed captions are accurate. More information on the technical session is provided below.
W10 Enjoy the View—Let Emergency Preparedness Be Your Guide
Landscapes are never constant; they change over time. The same is true for nuclear technologies, which means that radiological emergency preparedness (EP) must adapt as well. Last year, a final rule on EP for small modular reactors and other new technologies was just over the horizon. Now, the NRC has delivered on a final rule that brings the future of EP into view. The new regulations provide an alternative risk informed, performance based framework capable of adapting to new technologies. But how does this framework guide us through the changing nuclear landscape? This session will feature a panel of subject matter experts from the NRC, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and State government to discuss implementation of the new rule. Topics for discussion will include application of the established planning basis for EP, the NRC’s graded approach to EP, the benefits of a performance based approach, and preparedness for the whole community.
SESSION CHAIR(S):
Todd Smith, Senior Level Advisor for Emergency Preparedness and Incident Response, Division of Preparedness and Response, NSIR/NRC
Opening Remarks
SPEAKER(S):
Eric Schrader, Senior Emergency Preparedness Specialist, Policy & Oversight Branch, Division of Preparedness and Response, NSIR/NRC
Edward Robinson, Senior Emergency Preparedness Specialist, Reactor Licensing Branch, Division of Preparedness and Response, NSIR/NRC
Janis McCarroll, Senior Public Health Advisor, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency
Ken Evans, CRCPD HS/ER-5 Committee Chair, Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors
Courtney Ekstein, Radiation Program Director, Indiana Department of Homeland Security
SESSION CORDINATORS(S):
Christian Leatherbury, Technical Assistant, Division of Preparedness & Response, NSIR/NRC e-mail: Christian,Leatherbury@nrc.gov
