Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

My name is Donna Miller Hastie. My experience in emergency planning includes 23 years in the commercial nuclear power industry in the U.S. and abroad. Before joining the nuclear industry, I supervised a nuclear medicine program in a hospital. During my career, I have served as an evaluator or observer at over 500 emergency preparedness drills and exercises. And, for many years, I have had the pleasure of co-sponsoring and teaching emergency preparedness in a continuing education course at Harvard University. I have also made presentations or taught at MIT, Rutgers, and the Leadership School at Wharton.

My experience includes:

• Manager of the Emergency Preparedness (EP) program for the Beaver Valley Power plant in Pennsylvania, including onsite emergency response readiness and coordination with offsite state and local emergency response organizations. The 10-mile emergency planning zone (EPZ) for Beaver Valley included three States, three counties, 30 municipalities, three NRC regions, two FEMA regions, and 37 federal agencies that make up the Regional Advisory Council (RAC).
• Program Manager in the emergency preparedness division for the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO). During my 14 years at INPO, I completed 280 plus plant visits and at the time of my retirement, was manager of the emergency preparedness program for the Institute. I have been to every plant in the United States at least once, many more than once, and many outside the US. INPO’s EP program included identifying areas of strengths and recommendations for enhancements for emergency response programs at nuclear power plants.
• Manager of the Emergency Preparedness program at PSEG, (Salem/Hope Creek plants) in New Jersey for five years. The 10-mile EPZ for PSEG included two States, four counties, one NRC region, two FEMA regions, and again, multiple other federal agencies.

Since my second retirement in August of 2001, I have worked as an emergency preparedness consultant in the nuclear industry.