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Due to a lapse in appropriations, the NRC has ceased normal operations. However, excepted and exempted activities necessary to maintain critical health and safety functions—as well as essential progress on designated critical activities, including those specified in Executive Order 14300—will continue, consistent with the OMB-Approved NRC Lapse Plan.

Emergency classifications

Sets of plant conditions that indicate various levels of risk to the public and that might require response by an offsite emergency response organization to protect citizens near the site. The four emergency classification levels used for commercial nuclear power plants, in ascending order of severity, are: Notification of Unusual Event, Alert, Site Area Emergency, and General Emergency.

Page Last Reviewed/Updated Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Page Last Reviewed/Updated Wednesday, February 15, 2023