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.

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Radiation Protection

• Information on radiation protection from WI Department of Health Services
• FAQ from U.S. Food & Drug Administration
• Radiation and Potassium Iodide (KI)

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Nuclear Power Plants Impacting Wisconsin

• Kewaunee Power Station
• Point Beach Nuclear Plant
  • Kewaunee County Emergency Management
  • Manitowoc County Emergency Management
• Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant
  • Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant
  • Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Emergency Planning Guide (pdf)
  • Prairie Island Visitors Guide
• Zion Station Nuclear Power Plant
• Genoa La Crosse Boiling Water Reactor
• Byron Nuclear Power Station

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Publications

Fact Sheets

Ingestion Brochure	Maps
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

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Radiological Emergency Preparedness Exercises

2018	June 5-6	full scale, plume phase and ingestion pathway drill	Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant
2018	July 17-18	FEMA evaluated plume phase and ingestion pathway exercise	Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant
2019	May 14	FEMA evaluated full scale, plume phase	Point Beach Nuclear Plant
2020	June 11	full scale, plume phase drill	Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant
2020	July 21	FEMA evaluated plume phase exercise	Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant
2021	May 25	FEMA evaluated full scale, plume phase	Point Beach Nuclear Plant

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Contacts

• Contacts