Operations and Maintenance Support for the NRC's Emergency Response Data System (ERDS)

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is seeking operations and maintenance support for the NRC's Emergency Response Data System (ERDS). The ERDS is one of the Information Technology (IT) systems used at NRC Headquarters Operation Center (HOC) after a nuclear emergency is declared at a U.S. nuclear power plant.

The system is Federally-regulated through Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 50.72.A.4, which states that the licensee must activate ERDS within 1 hour after the licensee declares an emergency at an emergency class level of “alert” or higher (higher means the declaration of a “site area emergency” or “general emergency”). ERDS is a system that is designed to collect nuclear power plant performance and environmental data for analysis by NRC and State emergency response personnel. ERDS is also used in the HOC at times when the NRC and licensees participate in planned drills.