Program
Concept
On December 7, 1979,
following the March 1979 Three Mile
Island nuclear power plant accident in
Pennsylvania, President Carter
transferred the Federal lead role in
offsite radiological emergency planning
and preparedness activities from the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) to FEMA . FEMA
established the Radiological Emergency
Preparedness (REP) Program to (1) ensure
that the public health and safety of
citizens living around commercial nuclear
power plants would be adequately
protected in the event of a nuclear power
station accident and (2) inform and
educate the public about radiological
emergency preparedness. FEMA's REP
Program responsibilities encompass only
"offsite" activities, that is
State and local government emergency
preparedness activities that take place
beyond the nuclear power plant
boundaries. Onsite activities continue to
be the responsibility of the NRC.
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Participating
Government Organizations
Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA)
Department of Health and
Human Services (DHHS)
U.S. Department of
Defense
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Department of Commerce
U.S. Food and Drug
Administration
Center for Disease Control
U.S. Department of
Transportation
U.S. Department of
Agriculture
U.S. Department of the
Interior
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission
U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs
U.S. Department of
State
U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development
U.S. Department of
Justice
General Services
Administration
National Aeronautic and
Space Administration
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