Section 24Sec./Art. 24

On-site Emergency Planning and Response. - The PhilATOM shall establish, by regulation or conditions in an authorization, a requirement that arrangements for preparedness and response for on-site nuclear or radiological emergency be prepared and approved for any regulated facility or activity that could necessitate emergency response actions.

The Authorized Party shall be responsible for preparing an on-site emergency plan, and for making arrangements for emergency preparedness and response, including a clear assignment of responsibility for immediate notification of an emergency coordinated with all relevant emergency intervention or response organizations. The on-site emergency plan shall also include measures for accident mitigation and remediation of consequences in coordination with the off-site emergency plan.

In the event of a nuclear or radiological emergency, the Authorized Party shall implement the emergency plan as approved by the PhilATOM. The PhilATOM shall ensure that the Authorized Party is given sufficient authority to promptly take necessary protective actions on the site in response to a nuclear or radiological emergency that could result in off-site consequences.