Pursuant to the NSCA and Section 6 of the Regulations for Class 1 Nuclear Facilities, and based upon agreements made with the province, reactor facilities have the following responsibilities:

G.1 Planning and preparedness

In support the PNERP, Ontario’s Reactor Facilities will:

  1. Execute the applicable preparedness responsibilities described in the PNERP prior to a nuclear emergency.
  2. Set up and maintain the organization, equipment, and procedures necessary to fulfil their functions and responsibilities under the PNERP
  3. In accordance with CNSC Regulatory Document 2.10.1 and with CSA N1600, assist the province in carrying out reviews of the PNERP’s planning basis through the provision of applicable risk assessment and related studies and by participating in associated working groups.
  4. Assist the province and the designated municipalities in their planning and preparedness for a nuclear emergency.
  5. Provide resources for and assist the designated municipalities to set up and maintain a KI pill distribution program pursuant to the PNERP.
  6. Assist in the development and implementation of the public awareness and education program.
  7. On an annual basis, provide the province with the most current data from their Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program
  8. Ensure reactor facility staff working in the PEOC should have an overall knowledge of their emergency plans and the PNERP.
  9. Develop procedures for carrying out the collection and delivery of samples, and other assigned actions, as required under the ERAMG Operations Manual
  10. Participate in Public Education and Awareness Program by maintaining respective strategies and products in accordance with the in Public Education and Awareness Strategy.

G.2 Provision Of personnel

In support the PNERP, Ontario’s Reactor Facilities will:

  1. Provide suitable personnel for staffing various positions in the provincial ERO (i.e., a technical liaison for the Scientific Section and a corporate liaison officer for Operations), plus qualified personnel for the Nuclear Emergency Assessment Team and ERAMG-PEOC Team
  2. Provide suitable personnel from the Offsite Survey Team (OSST) to join the ERAMG-Field Team once facility monitoring, surveillance, and sampling tasks have been completed
  3. Provide a suitable representative to participate on inter-organizational NEMCC sub-committees or working groups set up under the PNERP to ensure alignment and address inter-organizational issues.

G.3 Response

In support the PNERP, Ontario’s Reactor Facilities will:

  1. Execute the applicable responsibilities described in the PNERP at the first practicable occasion during a nuclear emergency
  2. Send regular reports and plant data to the PEOC Scientific Section on the status of the emergency situation during the emergency response.
  3. Provide personnel and resources for offsite personal monitoring as well as field monitoring services as specified in the PNERP and in the site-specific Implementing Plan and procedures
  4. Provide field-based radiation monitoring service to the Environmental Radiation and Assurance Monitoring Group once all facility-assigned tasks have been completed
  5. Pickering, Bruce, and Darlington: Carry out post-accident venting of containment according to the guidance contained in the PNERP
  6. Assist the province and the designated municipalities mitigating the emergency.
  7. Coordinate the release and content of emergency information for public release with the PEOC Public Information Management Section.

G.4 Training and exercises

In support the PNERP, Ontario’s Reactor Facilities will:

  1. Execute the training and exercise responsibilities described in the Nuclear Training Program and the Nuclear Exercise Program prior to a nuclear emergency to ensure appropriate training of reactor facility staff
  2. Ensure that its personnel required to perform any of the tasks within its responsibilities are suitably trained
  3. Assist the province and designated municipalities in the development and acquisition of training, as appropriate
  4. Implement and participate in nuclear emergency training and exercises.
  5. Where appropriate, arrange, or participate in emergency response exercises with the local public safety authorities or municipal response organization
  6. Arrange appropriate training of reactor facility staff involved in the PEOC Scientific Section.

G.5 Infrastructure

In support the PNERP, Ontario’s Reactor Facilities will:

  1. Provide and maintain reliable telecommunication links for the facility and specified offsite centres
  2. Provide resources for and assist the designated municipalities to set up and maintain a public alerting system pursuant to the PNERP
  3. Provide and maintain the equipment and facilities required to execute their responsibilities under the PNERP and its implementing documents.

G.6 Study and research

In support the PNERP, Ontario’s Reactor Facilities will:

  1. Carry out Evacuation Time Estimate (ETE) studies to inform the UTMPs developed for each Ontario reactor facility site
  2. Carry out and sponsor studies on risk abatement, risk assessment, and the enhancement of Onsite and offsite safety, as agreed
  3. Assist the province in carrying out studies to enhance public safety during nuclear emergencies.