Figure I: Province of Ontario nuclear and radiological emergency response planning structure

  • Province of Ontario nuclear and radiological emergency response planning structure
    • Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act
    • Provincial Nuclear Emergency Response Plan
      Master Plan
    • Provincial Nuclear Emergency Response Plan
      Implementing Plans
      • Major nuclear sites
      • Other radiological emergencies
      • Transborder emergencies
    • Major organization plans
      • Provincial ministries, agencies, boards and commissions
      • Municipalities
      • Nuclear organizations
      • Other
    • Procedures
    • Checklists

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Province of Ontario nuclear and radiological emergency response planning structure

The structure for nuclear and radiological emergency response planning in Ontario, which is illustrated in Figure I (page ii), consists of the following components:

  • The Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act (EMCPA) requires and authorizes the formulation of the plan.
  • The Provincial Nuclear Emergency Response Plan (PNERP):
    Developed pursuant to Section 8 of the EMCPA and subject to Cabinet approval:
    • The Master Plan: sets out the overall principles, policies, basic concepts, organizational structures and responsibilities.
    • The Implementing Plans: the elements of the Master Plan are applied to each major nuclear site, transborder emergencies and other types of radiological emergencies, and detailed provincial implementing plans developed. The major organization plans (as per Figure I) should be consistent with the requirements of these implementing plans.
  • Major Organization Plans : Each major organization involved (provincial ministries, agencies, boards and commissions, municipalities, and nuclear organizations, etc.) develops its own plan to carry out the relevant roles, responsibilities and tasks agreed to by them and consistent with their mandate.
  • Procedures : Based on all of the above plans, procedures are developed for the various emergency centres to be set up and for the various operational functions required.
  • Checklists : The culmination of the planning process is the development of checklists based on the requirements of the procedures, e.g., individual position or function-specific checklists.

It is necessary that everyone involved in the preparation and implementation of the Provincial Nuclear Emergency Response Plan employ common terminology. The terminology contained in the Glossary, Annex E, should be used for this purpose by all concerned. Further reference information can be found in the Incident Management System (IMS) doctrine at www.ontario.ca/ims.