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Update on EPPR Radiation Projects October 2012

Update on EPPR Radiation Projects October 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 .

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Update on EPPR Radiation Projects October 2012

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  1. Update on EPPR Radiation ProjectsOctober 2012 Ann Heinrich, U.S. Department of Energy

  2. Agenda Item 8.6: Radiation Projects • Emergency Exercise: Saida Bay 2012 • Emergency Rescue Team Equipment: Nerpa Shipyard • International Consequence Management training course

  3. EmergencyExercise “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

  4. EmergencyExercise “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)

  5. EmergencyExercise “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

  6. EmergencyExercise “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

  7. 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

  8. International Consequence Management Training Course • 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

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