Independent assessor's report on the experience with preparation, managing, observing and evaluation of emergency exercises without prior notice in nuclear power plants
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B. Matzig
Abstract
We inspect regularly the measures taken in terms of the plants operator emergency management organisation in supposed emergency situations and assess their effectiveness on behalf of the supervisory authorities under the atomic energy law. To this end corresponding exercises based on scenarios that have been prepared by ESN are carried out in the plants and followed by a group of independent observers. The course and effectiveness of measures initiated are assessed in the form of an expert's report. ESN prepared, managed, observed und evaluated more than 75 emergency exercises in nuclear power plants in the last twenty years. With this experience and particularly with the experience feedback between plants we contributed to the development of the internal emergency management for nuclear power plants in Germany. This paper at hand summarizes some of our experience.
Kurzfassung
Im Auftrag der atomrechtlichen Aufsichtsbehörden überprüfen wir regelmäßig die Maßnahmen der Notfallorganisationen der Kernkraftwerksbetreiber bei unterstellten Störfällen und bewerten deren Wirksamkeit. Hierzu werden auf Basis der von ESN vorbereiteten Störfallszenarien entsprechende Notfallschutzübungen in den Anlagen durchgeführt und durch eine Beobachtergruppe verfolgt. Der Ablauf und die Wirksamkeit der ein-geleiteten Maßnahmen werden im Rahmen einer gutachterlichen Stellungnahme bewertet. ESN hat in den letzten zwanzig Jahren über 75 Notfallübungen in Kernkraftwerken vorbereitet, gesteuert, beobachtet und ausgewertet. Mit dieser Erfahrung und dem anlagenübergreifenden Erfahrungsrückfluss haben wir an der Entwicklung des anlageninternen Notfallschutzes für Kernkraftwerke in Deutschland mitgewirkt. Ein kleiner Ausschnitt unserer Erfahrungen wird hier dargestellt.
Reference
1 Research project of the BFS-SR 2380: “Development of a federally equal catalogue for the harmonization of requirements for in-plant emergency safety exercises”, final report; ESN GmbH, October 2001Search in Google Scholar
© 2011, Carl Hanser Verlag, München
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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
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- 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
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- 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
