Externally organized exercises for nuclear emergency response – knowlegde gained from twenty years of practical work as a technical expert adviser for radiation protection
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C. Löffler
Abstract
At the end of the eighties the TÜV NORD established an expert consultation service for radiation protection in case of nuclear accidents. Since that time, educated and regularly trained surveyors also take part as expert advisors in out of plant emergency exercises for radiation protection in the federal countries Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Their responsibility is to assist and to advise the emergency response commander regarding both the predicted and the current radiological situation. Furthermore, the technical expert adviser for radiation protection communicates with other expert advisers (agent of the operator, medical staff, and meteorologists) as well as with measuring and emergency services. The experience gained during emergency exercises is summarized and documented. In the course of the past twenty years the implementation of central structures, the software systems for determination of the radiological impact and the change of communication systems have especially proved to be successful. For the future it can be assumed that exercises covering several days will be performed more often, so that not only the accident process is simulated correctly but also the conditions for the personnel of each disaster prevention unit can be simulated more realistically.
Kurzfassung
Ende der 80-er Jahre wurde beim TÜV NORD eine Fachberatung Strahlenschutz bei kerntechnischen Unfällen aufgebaut. In den Ländern Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg und Mecklenburg-Vorpommern nehmen seitdem als Fachberater ausgebildete und regelmäßig geschulte Sachverständige auch bei anlagenexternen Übungen zum Katastrophenschutz teil. Den Fachberatern obliegt es, die Katastrophenschutzleitung hinsichtlich der aktuellen und der prognostizierten radiologischen Lage zu beraten. Darüber hinaus nimmt der Fachberater Strahlenschutz die Kommunikation mit weiteren Fachberatern (Verbindungsperson des Betreibers, Ärzte, Meteorologen) sowie mit den Mess- und Hilfsdiensten wahr. Die bei Übungen gewonnenen Erfahrungen werden zusammengefasst. Im Verlaufe der letzten 20 Jahre haben sich vor allen Dingen die Einführung zentraler Strukturen, die Softwaresysteme zur Ermittlung der radiologischen Auswirkungen sowie der Wandel der Kommunikationseinrichtungen bewährt. Es ist zu erwarten, dass in Zukunft häufiger Übungen durchgeführt werden, die mehrere Tage andauern, so dass nicht nur die Unfallabläufe sondern auch die Bedingungen für das Personal in den Einheiten des Katastrophenschutzes realer simuliert werden können.
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- Contents/Inhalt
- Contents
- Summaries/Kurzfassungen
- Summaries
- Editorial
- Can (should) exercises represent real life?
- Technical Contributions/Fachbeiträge
- Principles of off-site nuclear emergency exercises
- Switzerland: a culture of preparedness
- Advanced simulation and management software for nuclear emergency training and response
- Training of the KBR nuclear emergency staff
- Preparation of emergency care centre exercises
- Independent assessor's report on the experience with preparation, managing, observing and evaluation of emergency exercises without prior notice in nuclear power plants
- Electronic situation report in a nuclear power plant
- Systematic preparation, execution and evaluation of emergency exercises at the Beznau nuclear power plant
- Emergency exercises conducted by the BMU
- Nuclear emergency Exercise “BIBLIS 2008” – Joint radiological assessment for Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz and Baden-Württemberg
- Externally organized exercises for nuclear emergency response – knowlegde gained from twenty years of practical work as a technical expert adviser for radiation protection
- Measurements required for evaluating a situation including radiological hazards
- Exercises of first responder organisations in Austria
- Efficiency of emergency exercises
- Planning, implementation and evaluation of an emergency exercise at the Paul Scherrer Institute
