| Mission Statement |
To minimize risk to the public due to radiological hazards posed by Illinois' nuclear facilities, radiological accidents, and acts of radiological terrorism. The Bureau of Nuclear Facility Safety's (BNFS) mission strategy is to develop, maintain, improve, and implement programs designed to reduce public risk by minimizing the probability of a nuclear or radiological accident and, in the event that a nuclear or radiological accident or terrorist event has occurred, minimize the radiological consequences to the public. |
| Program Goals and Objectives |
- Nuclear Evaluation, Monitoring, and Response - Assess public
health radiological effects from nuclear facilities and acts of
terrorism. Design and exercise nuclear facility emergency planning
and training standards, terrorist emergency planning exercises, and
radiological emergency response technical team training programs
and specify and maintain expert emergency response radiological
assessment teams. Develop, fabricate, implement and maintain, at
high reliability, the Agency's computer-based Remote Monitoring
System (RMS) that continuously monitors, in real time, Illinois
nuclear facility critical safety functions and environmental
radioactive releases.
- Analyze station data, assess potential nuclear incidents, develop
dose projections, dispatch field teams, collect field samples,
monitor the public for radiation, assist hospitals in establishing
contamination control protocols, assist with surveys of potentially
contaminated patients and staff, and maintain the Radiological
Emergency Assessment Center (REAC) and Radiological
Assessment Field Team (RAFT). Staff, train, and maintain Reactor
Data Link (RDL) codes. Evaluate plant conditions; plan, train,
exercise, install, maintain, and upgrade Radiological Monitoring
System (RMS) equipment and equipment calibration; and maintain
24/7 RMS communications. Support state liaison duties at nuclear
power plants, technical support centers, and the Emergency
Operations Facility.
- Maintain full-time staff on-site presence at each nuclear power plant
in Illinois and conduct independent reactor safety inspections.
Coordinate inspections with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC). Inspect and certify pressure vessels at nuclear power
plants.
- Inspect nuclear power plants, coordinate inspections with the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), and coordinate with IEPA
inspections and certifications of pressure vessels at nuclear power
plants. Conduct independent reactor safety inspections and
inspections of spent fuel installations. Protect citizens from the
potentially harmful effects of ionizing radiation. Provide early
warning of any potential issues.
- Respond to nuclear facility and other radiological emergencies and
events, perform reactor and environmental analysis, and support
state liaison duties at Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Technical Support
Centers and the Emergency Operations Facility and other critical
Illinois facilities in the event of a radiological emergency.
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Public Accountability Report
