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