Update on EPPR Radiation ProjectsOctober 2012
Ann Heinrich,U.S. Department of Energy
Agenda Item 8.6: Radiation Projects
• Emergency Exercise: Saida Bay 2012• Emergency Rescue Team Equipment: Nerpa Shipyard• International Consequence Management training course
Emergency Exercise “Arctic 2012”Murmansk Region, June 19-21
Location: Saida Bay; western coast of the northern part of the Kola Gulf, Barents Sea
Hazardous facilities: coastal reactor compartment (RC) storage pad, floating RC storage, repair shop for RC cleaning and painting
First day of the exercise – detailed tour of site
Emergency Exercise “Arctic 2012”Exercise objectives:
Validate notification procedures (including international notification), assembly and deployment of emergency response forces
Exercise fire extinguishing under radiation contamination conditions
Validate radiological survey and radiation situation analysis capabilities
Conduct accident analysis, prognosis, and decision making for protection of people and the environment
Exercise interaction with local and federal authorities (incl. local EMERCOM)
Emergency Exercise “Arctic 2012”
Scenario initial event:
Crash of an aircraft into the temporary storage pad of decommissioned submarine reactors leading to loss of integrity of one reactor and a radiation release (137Cs and 60Co) into the environment. Fire. Triggering of sensors of the automated local radiation monitoring system.
Stages of the exercise:
Notification
Fire extinguishing
Radiation survey
Primary measures to protect personnel
Forecast and mitigation of the accident
Decisions on response
Final disposition of the accident
Emergency Exercise “Arctic 2014”Atomflot, Murmansk Region
Scenario: an emergency associated with a nuclear-powered icebreaker in Murmansk causes contamination requiring protective measures.
Features:
Development of recommendations for population protection and public communications will be exercised.
Study of the effect of regulations and intervention levels on response actions and efficiency, especially as they applyto decision making on protective measures.
Date: TBD in spring/summer 2014
Emergency Rescue Team Equipment: Nerpa Shipyard
• Develop the plan on modernization of equipment
and software tools for the facility’s emergency rescue team – Complete
• Development of specialized software for
assessing parameters of ionizing radiation fields from sources
of various geometries with and without shielding – Complete• Purchase equipment, test and transfer the equipment to “Nerpa”
Shipyard – Expect complete in October 2012• Simulation of emergency consequences for prepared set of
scenarios – Expect complete in December 2012• Personnel training – Expect complete in
March 2013
• Snekkersten, Denmark; October 2-5• Topics included:
• Radiological incident response scenarios• Responder health & safety• Radiological instrumentation• Radiological monitoring techniques• Field and aerial surveys/measurements• Radioactive decontamination• Radiation dose assessment
• 20 attendees from Denmark, Canada, Lithuania, Poland and France
International Consequence Management Training Course