Radiological Emergency Preparedness

The Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program is responsible for developing and maintaining Wisconsin's emergency plans to a nuclear incident and exercising those response plans with affected local communities and the utilities.

The nuclear power plants located in Wisconsin are Kewaunee and Point Beach, and the Prairie Island plant is located across the Mississippi River near Red Wing, Minnesota. In addition, spent nuclear fuel rods are kept in a cooling pool at the Dairyland Power Cooperative in Genoa and at the Zion Nuclear Generating Plant located on Lake Michigan near the Wisconsin/Illinois border.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requires each utility operating a nuclear power plant to demonstrate its ability, once every two years, to respond to a radiological emergency.

Radiation Protection

Nuclear Power Plants Impacting Wisconsin

Publications

Fact Sheets

Ingestion Brochure	WI Planning Zone
Acronyms	American Nuclear Insurers FAQ
Animal planning Guide for Emergency Managers	Guide for Childcare Providers
Evacuation Guide for Emergency Managers	Federal Response Assets
Food Protection Guide for Emergency Managers	Ingestion County Activities by Emergency Classification Level
Radiological Incident Phases	Recovery Guide for Emergency Managers
Re-Entry Guide for Emergency Managers	Relocation Guide for Emergency Managers
Radiological Emergency Preparedness Activities	Restricted Zone Guide for Emergency Managers
Return Guide for Emergency Managers	Shelter-in-Place Guide for Emergency Managers