New Jersey § 26:2d-40

§ 26:2d-40.

The department and the division, after consultation with the Departments of Health,

Energy, and Transportation and after careful review of all relevant guidelines established

by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall, within 18 months of the effective

date of this act, jointly prepare or cause to be prepared and adopt a State Radiation

Emergency Response Plan. The plan shall be based upon planning criteria, objectives, requirements, responsibilities

and concepts of operation for the implementation of all necessary and appropriate

protective or remedial measures to be taken with respect to a radiation accident,

or threatened radiation accident, at a nuclear facility or during the transportation

of radioactive material, including but not limited to, the designation of all counties

and municipalities which shall prepare radiation emergency response plans, the establishment

and implementation of appropriate training programs for all personnel who may be involved

in any aspect of radiation emergency planning and response, the establishment of an

emergency operations headquarters proximate to the site of each nuclear facility from

which emergency response operations can be coordinated efficiently and effectively,

the development and installation of a mechanism to monitor all temporary circumstances

or conditions such as road repairs, utility activities, and floods, which may impede

or preclude implementation of the emergency response plan and apprise all relevant

emergency response personnel thereof, the preparation and updating of an inventory

of temporary housing facilities which may be required in the event of a radiation

accident, the development and administration of a communications system to efficiently

and effectively discharge all responsibilities and duties in the event of a radiation

accident, the preparation of a public emergency response plan for residents of the

affected area, the establishment of procedures and practices to review and monitor

potential threats from nuclear facilities in neighboring states and to coordinate

emergency response plans with any such plans established for such out-of-State-facilities,

and a public emergency notification and public information and educational program

to furnish all citizens who may be affected with information as they may require to

act safely and prudently. The plan shall be revised and updated at least bi-annually; provided, however,

that a thorough revision and updating shall be undertaken and completed at least 6

months prior to the projected commencement of operations of any new nuclear facility. The criteria, objectives, requirements, concepts of operation, and designations

shall be published by the department and division within 3 months of the effective

date of this act.