The Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019

1.  The information referred to in regulation 10(3) is as follows—

(a) the arrangements to set emergency procedures in motion;

(b) the arrangements to co-ordinate the on-site mitigatory action;

(c) the name or position of the person with responsibility for liaison with the Executive;

(d) for conditions or events which could be significant in bringing about a radiation emergency, a description of the action which should be taken to control the conditions or events and to limit their consequences, including a description of the safety equipment and resources available;

(e) the arrangements for limiting the risks to persons on the premises including how warnings are to be given and the protective action persons are expected to take on receipt of a warning;

(f) the arrangements for providing early warning of the incident to the emergency services, identified in the off-site emergency plan to set the off-site emergency planning in motion, the type of information which should be contained in an initial warning and the arrangements for the provision of more detailed information as it becomes available;

(g) the arrangements for providing assistance to the Executivewith its off-site protective action;

(h) the arrangements for providing information about the incident to the Executive;

(i) the arrangements for dealing with emergency exposures including the dose levels which have been determined as appropriate for the purposes of putting into effect the emergency plan;

(j) the arrangements to prioritise keeping doses within the reference levels set out in regulation 19(1);

(k) any specific arrangements which take account of lessons learned from past emergency situations, whether at the operator’s premises or otherwise;

(l) what protective action is proposed to be taken, and how far each such action extends within any detailed emergency planning zone; and

(m) the arrangements which the operator considers may assist in the transition from a radiation emergency to an existing exposure situation, including who will be involved in such transition, what information they are to receive and when.