Office of Emergency Response

Size: px
Start display at page:

Download "Office of Emergency Response"

Transcription

1 IAEA Global Emergency Preparedness and Response October 19-23, 2015 This work was performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under contract DE-AC52-07NA Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC. The Department of Homeland Security sponsored part of the production of this material. LLNL-PRES Office of Emergency Response CONSEQUENCE Federal Radiological Monitoring Assessment Center CRISIS Radiation Emergency Assistance Center / Training Site REAC/TS FRMAC NRAT Nuclear / Radiological Advisory Team Aerial Measuring System National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center AMS NARAC ERO Nuclear Incident Team SRT JTOT Search Response Team Joint Technical Operations Team Radiological Assistance Program RAP ARG Accident Response Group 2 1

2 11/2/2015 April, 1979 Three Mile Island nuclear power plant accident April 26, 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident March 11 May 28, 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident June 26 - July 1, 2011 Las Conchas Wildfire, NM November 26, 2011 Mars Science Laboratory Launch, Cape Kennedy, FL February 14-20, 2014 Waste Isolation Pilot Plant radioactivity venting Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LLNL-PRES LLNL Computer Systems Central System: Automated model set-up and execution software Measurement CBRN Material Dose/Risk Weather Data & Geographic/Terrain Data Data Property Data Factor Data Forecasts Data-driven Source Prompt Effects 3-D Meteorological, Dispersion modeling tools models Models and Fallout Models Mapping and product Population, casualty and generation software fatality estimation Remote Access Computer System Internet/Intranet HotSpot EPICode Standalone models and mapping Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory External user access via Webbased tools User interfaces and Analysis Tools for LLNL scientists 24/7 expert scientific staff (< 5 min. reach-back) Detailed analysis Source estimation Expert interpretation Quality assurance Training LLNL-PRES

3 Standard plot sets Plume hazard areas Affected population numbers Expected health effects Protective action guide levels Geographical information One-page map summary plots Multi-page consequence reports Expanded descriptions Input data and assumptions Interpretation guides Briefing Products Focus on actions and decisions that need to be considered RDD, IND, nuclear power plants, chemicals, and biological agents Developed with interagency consensus Consequence Reports One page summaries Briefing Products Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LLNL-PRES Local Local responders CMweb: Web site for distribution of US DOE Consequence Management information and products NARAC Web: Web site providing access to NARAC modeling tools and products NARAC is the primary provider of radiological/nuclear products for the Interagency Modeling and Atmospheric Assessment Center (IMAAC) Federal State/regional Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LLNL-PRES

4 Access via secure login and password controlled easy-to-use Web-based tool to NARAC modeling capabilities Available to IAEA and member state users approved by US DOE/NNSA Allows authorized users to: Run fully-automated NARAC radiological atmospheric dispersion and dose calculations with real-time weather data Receive analyses produced by NARAC expert staff Share predictions, data, and other event information with other users Customized to use protective action limits and levels based on international standards Compatible with other GIS systems (e.g., US DOE-hosted International Radiation Mapping Application - IRMA) IXP web IAEA Incident and Emergency Centre Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) 47 Member States + 1 Economy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LLNL-PRES Export plumes to Google Earth (FEMA) Worldwide Google Street and satellite displays Available on NARAC/CM/IXP Web PDF, PowerPoint, HTML/XML, JPG/PNG graphics, ESRI Shape and Google Earth KMZ GIS files with plume areas Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LLNL-PRES

5 Set 1.Initial automated plot (unit release of generic gas/aerosol) Set 2.Quality assured plots based on initial event data Set 3.Updated plot using initial field measurements Response initiated via automated Webrequest or Emergency Call(only release time and location are known) Plot based on identification of material, updated source location, detailed weather Source scaled to initial set of measurements Sets 4+. Relocation and food-ingestion plots Set 5. Refined model results with improved accuracy from more extensive sets of field data Iterative updates of products based on field data and other observations Set 4.Refined health-effects plots based on source term estimates derived from field measurements Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LLNL-PRES Web-based Mission Planning Tool estimates dose to field teams (ground / aerial missions, evacuation) CM Event Creation Wizard organizes multiple types of data and facilitates information sharing Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LLNL-PRES

6 Nuclear Detonation sourcemodels: LLNL KDFOC LLNL LWAC ORNL ORIGEN ORNL DELFIC RDD Source models: SNL Source Term Calculator SNL PUFF SNL ScatterMe Nuclear power and fuel sources: NRC RASCAL Fire source model: LLNL NucDet(IND) and RDD prompt effects models: SNL Nuke SNL Blast LLNL LWAC 3-D Atmospheric Dispersion and Fallout models: LLNL ADAPT/LODI Products: Airborne and ground contamination for public exposures (evacuation / sheltering, relocation) Affected population and casualty estimates Worker protection (stay times) Building damage from blast overpressure Radiation, blast and thermal casualty estimates Neutron-activation ground shine dose Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LLNL-PRES % respirableparticles 25% respirable, 30% inorganic gas, 45% organically-bound gas, Collaborative effort with US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Expanded electronic files to share/import complex nuclear power plant release information into NARAC model simulations Default set of nuclear reactor release scenarios (iodine gas partitioning example shown above) Ground-shine dose without ballistic particle correction Ground-shine dose with ballistic particle correction Explosive dispersal model improvements based on experimental data Ballistic particle (>100 µm) corrections Activity/particle size and height distributions for different surfaces Cloud-top heights and model evaluation (Israel Greenfield and Canadian field experiments) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LLNL-PRES

7 Enhanced tools to support emergency response community Data assimilation and data fusion methods Higher-resolution physical process models (e.g., urban modeling) Improvements incommunicating technical data and facilitating interagency information sharing Preparedness via interagency drills, exercises, updated operational procedures, and advanced training High-resolution building-resolving simulation including deposition Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LLNL-PRES Web: narac.llnl.gov 7

8 Enhanced tools to support emergency response community Data assimilation and data fusion methods Higher-resolution physical process models (e.g., urban modeling) Improvements in communicating technical data and facilitating interagency information sharing Preparedness via interagency drills, exercises, updated operational procedures, and advanced training LES simulation including building deposition Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LLNL-PRES

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LLNL-PRES

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LLNL-PRES International Expert s Meeting on Strengthening R&D Effectiveness in the Light of the Accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (CN-235) February 17-21, 2015 The image cannot be displayed.

More information

FEMA City Planner Resource (CPR) Chemical (chemcpr) Outreach

FEMA City Planner Resource (CPR) Chemical (chemcpr) Outreach FEMA City Planner Resource (CPR) Chemical (chemcpr) Outreach NY/NJ Regional Response Team Meeting Liberty State Park; Jersey City, NJ 14 June 2018 OFFICIAL USE ONLY Maureen Alai Annmarie Wood-Zika Whitney

More information

Discussion Paper for the 2014 Gilbert W. Beebe Symposium on the Science and Response to a Nuclear Reactor Accident

Discussion Paper for the 2014 Gilbert W. Beebe Symposium on the Science and Response to a Nuclear Reactor Accident Discussion Paper for the 2014 Gilbert W. Beebe Symposium on the Science and Response to a Nuclear Reactor Accident To be held at The Keck Center of the National Academy of Sciences May 13, 2014 DRAFT BACKGROUND

More information

Operational Guidelines for Consequence Management of Radiological Dispersal Device Incidents

Operational Guidelines for Consequence Management of Radiological Dispersal Device Incidents Operational Guidelines for Consequence Management of Radiological Dispersal Device Incidents Presentation to Interagency Steering Committee on Radiation Standards October 15, 2009 Stephen Domotor Office

More information

Nuclear Detonation Response Planning

Nuclear Detonation Response Planning Nuclear Detonation Response Planning National Academy of Sciences Workshop Buddemeier, Brooke CHP August 2019 This work was performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore

More information

HEALTH PHYSICS SOCIETY

HEALTH PHYSICS SOCIETY HEALTH PHYSICS SOCIETY Specialists in Radiation Safety Background Information on Guidance for Protective Actions Following a Radiological Terrorist Event Position Statement of the Health Physics Society*

More information

HEALTH PHYSICS SOCIETY

HEALTH PHYSICS SOCIETY HEALTH PHYSICS SOCIETY Specialists in Radiation Safety Background Information on Guidance for Protective Actions Following a Radiological Terrorist Event Position Statement of the Health Physics Society*

More information

Capability for CBRNE Incidents

Capability for CBRNE Incidents Plenary Presentation IMAAC as a Decision-making Support Capability for CBRNE Incidents Scott Runyon, Reachback Analyst, Defense Threat Reduction Agency Technical Reachback Division Distribution Statement

More information

NUCLEAR SAFETY AND RELIABILITY

NUCLEAR SAFETY AND RELIABILITY Nuclear Safety and Reliability Dan Meneley Page 1 of 7 NUCLEAR SAFETY AND RELIABILITY WEEK 10 TABLE OF CONTENTS - WEEK 10 Radioactive Materials Dispersion In The Environment...1 Calculation of Expected

More information

The French CODIRPA approach Policy elements for post-accident management in the event of a nuclear accident

The French CODIRPA approach Policy elements for post-accident management in the event of a nuclear accident Session 3 emergency management Establishment and implementation of criteria for protective actions in an emergency and during remediation The French CODIRPA approach Policy elements for post-accident management

More information

EPRI Fukushima Technical Evaluation Project Fukushima Radiological Assessment Tool

EPRI Fukushima Technical Evaluation Project Fukushima Radiological Assessment Tool EPRI Fukushima Technical Evaluation Project Fukushima Radiological Assessment Tool Karen Kim Project Manager 2012 RETS/REMP Workshop June 25-27, 2012 Objectives: Fukushima Technical Evaluations Project

More information

STATUS of SAMGs and EPR in TURKEY

STATUS of SAMGs and EPR in TURKEY STATUS of SAMGs and EPR in TURKEY Yusuf GÜLAY Turkish Atomic Energy Authority Content SAMG and EPR The national coordinating authority The regulatory body Related legislation Licensing processes Current

More information

NAS Beebe Symposium: The Science and Response to a Nuclear Reactor Accident

NAS Beebe Symposium: The Science and Response to a Nuclear Reactor Accident NAS Beebe Symposium: The Science and Response to a Nuclear Reactor Accident Post Emergency Transition to Recovery William Irwin, Sc.D., CHP History As Our Guide Findings from Chernobyl demonstrate the

More information

Outline. Outline. Local Public Health and Radiological and Nuclear Emergencies in Massachusetts. Radioactive Materials Unit

Outline. Outline. Local Public Health and Radiological and Nuclear Emergencies in Massachusetts. Radioactive Materials Unit Massachusetts Department of Public Health Bureau of Environmental Health Radiation Control Program Local Public Health and Radiological and Nuclear Emergencies in Massachusetts Schrafft s Center, Suite

More information

Nuclear Accident in Japan: NRC Early Protective Action Recommendations

Nuclear Accident in Japan: NRC Early Protective Action Recommendations Nuclear Accident in Japan: NRC Early Protective Action Recommendations National Radiological Emergency Preparedness Conference April 18, 2011 Patricia A. Milligan, CHP Senior Technical Advisor for Preparedness

More information

Radiological Preparedness & Emergency Response. Radiological Preparedness & Emergency Response

Radiological Preparedness & Emergency Response. Radiological Preparedness & Emergency Response Radiological Preparedness & Emergency Response Radiological Preparedness & Emergency Response Session I Overview of Different Types of Threats Using Historical Examples Radiological Preparedness & Emergency

More information

National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center (NARAC) Model Development and Evaluation

National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center (NARAC) Model Development and Evaluation National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center (NARAC) Model Development and Evaluation Gayle Sugiyama Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 9th International Conference on Harmonisation within Atmospheric

More information

Olena Mykolaichuk State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine Chairperson

Olena Mykolaichuk State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine Chairperson Olena Mykolaichuk State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine Chairperson Chernobyl NPP as of 25 April 1986: 4 Units RBMK-1000 in operation, 2 more under construction Unit 1 was commissioned in 1977,

More information

Radiological Emergency Planning and Response Perception of Risk

Radiological Emergency Planning and Response Perception of Risk Radiological Emergency Planning and Response Perception of Risk Patricia A. Milligan, CHP Senior Technical Advisor Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response The Perception Gap When fears don't match

More information

Opening Statement. Prepared for. Wednesday 16 th May, Delegation

Opening Statement. Prepared for. Wednesday 16 th May, Delegation Opening Statement Prepared for Joint Committee ON COMMUNICATIONS, CLIMATE ACTION AND ENVIRONMENT Wednesday 16 th May, 2018 Delegation Dr Micheál Lehane, Director, Office of Radiation Protection & Environmental

More information

Use of trade names is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Use of trade names is for identification only and does not imply endorsement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Environmental Health Training in Emergency Response (EHTER) Awareness Level Mission, Kansas September 17 20, 2012 Sponsored By U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and

More information

CS-137 DISPERSION BY A RADIOLOGICAL DISPERSION DEVICE IN A TERRORIST INCIDENT

CS-137 DISPERSION BY A RADIOLOGICAL DISPERSION DEVICE IN A TERRORIST INCIDENT CS-137 DISPERSION BY A RADIOLOGICAL DISPERSION DEVICE IN A TERRORIST INCIDENT J. L. Regens Institute for Science and Public Policy, University of Oklahoma 100 East Boyd SEC 510, Norman, OK 73019-1006 USA

More information

The current status of the JRodos System

The current status of the JRodos System The current status of the JRodos System International Experts Meeting, 20. - 24 April 2015 Claudia Landman 1, Tim Müller 1, Wolfgang Raskob 1, Dima Trybushnyi 1, Ievgen Ievdin 2 1 Karlsruhe Institute of

More information

Overview about NERIS-TP and PREPARE

Overview about NERIS-TP and PREPARE European Technology Platform on Preparedness for Nuclear and Radiological Emergency Response and Recovery Overview about NERIS-TP and PREPARE Bordeaux, 13.09.2013, 1 Introduction l l NERIS-TP: Towards

More information

NRC Research in Emergency Preparedness National Radiological Emergency Preparedness Conference April 11, 2017

NRC Research in Emergency Preparedness National Radiological Emergency Preparedness Conference April 11, 2017 NRC Research in Emergency Preparedness National Radiological Emergency Preparedness Conference April 11, 2017 Todd Smith, PhD Nuclear Regulatory Commission Jonathan Barr Nuclear Regulatory Commission Doug

More information

Protective Action Guidance for Radiological Incidents. Internal Review Draft August Please Do Not Distribute

Protective Action Guidance for Radiological Incidents. Internal Review Draft August Please Do Not Distribute Protective Action Guidance for Radiological Incidents Internal Review Draft August 07 Please Do Not Distribute Waiver This guidance is not intended to impact site cleanups occurring under other statutory

More information

Radiological Emergencies from the Malevolent Use of Radiation Sources. A. Rogani and P. Zeppa ^

Radiological Emergencies from the Malevolent Use of Radiation Sources. A. Rogani and P. Zeppa ^ Radiological Emergencies from the Malevolent Use of Radiation Sources A. Rogani and P. Zeppa ^ National Institute of Health, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy E-mail: rogani@iss.it ^Agency for

More information

Gunter Pretzsch - Thorsten Stahl. Radiological Situation at the Chernobyl Shelter Site Thirty Years after the Accident

Gunter Pretzsch - Thorsten Stahl. Radiological Situation at the Chernobyl Shelter Site Thirty Years after the Accident Gunter Pretzsch - Thorsten Stahl Radiological Situation at the Chernobyl Shelter Site Thirty Years after the Accident Radioactive Releases after the Chernobyl Accident Chernobyl NPP site,5 % of the spent

More information

Use of DSS in Germany

Use of DSS in Germany Use of DSS in Germany Florian Gering Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) Emergency Management Division Munich, Germany Framework for nuclear emergency management in Germany 17 nuclear power plants

More information

Response systems to risks and accidents of nuclear power plants

Response systems to risks and accidents of nuclear power plants Response systems to risks and accidents of nuclear power plants Challenges of the early phase after an accident Veronika Ustohalova Öko-Institut e.v. Darmstadt, Germany 2 Overview The nuclear reactors

More information

WM2013 Conference, February 24 28, 2013, Phoenix, Arizona USA

WM2013 Conference, February 24 28, 2013, Phoenix, Arizona USA A Planning Tool for Estimating Waste Generated by a Radiological Incident and Subsequent Decontamination Efforts - 13569 ABSTRACT Timothy Boe Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Research Triangle

More information

24 MARCH :00 UTC. Incident and Emergency Centre

24 MARCH :00 UTC. Incident and Emergency Centre 24 MARCH 2011 17:00 UTC Incident and Emergency Centre Subject: Status of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant The Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC) is continuing to monitor the status of the nuclear

More information

Environmental Radiological Monitoring for Nuclear Power Reactors (Nuclear Facility)

Environmental Radiological Monitoring for Nuclear Power Reactors (Nuclear Facility) Environmental Radiological Monitoring for Nuclear Power Reactors (Nuclear Facility) Dr. Faraj Ghanbari RMCC Project Leader Distinguished Member of Technical Staff Sixth Annual Radiation Measurements Cross

More information

Environmental Radiological Monitoring Laboratories: Capabilities and issues

Environmental Radiological Monitoring Laboratories: Capabilities and issues Radiation Measurements Cross Calibration Workshop Environmental Radiological Monitoring Laboratories: Capabilities and issues RMCC, 13-15 June, 2011 Amman, Jordan N. Dehbi, K. Mrabit and T. Khoukhi - Morocco

More information

An accident could result in dangerous levels of radiation that could affect the health and safety of the public living near the nuclear power plant.

An accident could result in dangerous levels of radiation that could affect the health and safety of the public living near the nuclear power plant. INTRODUCTION The construction and operation of nuclear power plants are closely monitored and regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) also regulates

More information

An accident could result in dangerous levels of radiation that could affect the health and safety of the public living near the nuclear power plant.

An accident could result in dangerous levels of radiation that could affect the health and safety of the public living near the nuclear power plant. INTRODUCTION The construction and operation of nuclear power plants are closely monitored and regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) also regulates

More information

15th International Conference on Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling for Regulatory Purposes 6 9 May 2013, Madrid, Spain

15th International Conference on Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling for Regulatory Purposes 6 9 May 2013, Madrid, Spain 15th International Conference on Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling for Regulatory Purposes 6 9 May 2013, Madrid, Spain ESSEM COST ACTION ES1006 Evaluation, improvement and guidance

More information

Independent Assessment of the Radiological Release Event at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Repository in New Mexico, USA

Independent Assessment of the Radiological Release Event at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Repository in New Mexico, USA Independent Assessment of the Radiological Release Event at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Repository in New Mexico, USA June 6-9, 2016 APHL Seminar on Hot Topics in Radioanalytical Response -

More information

What if... A nuclear waste accident scenario in Des Moines, IA. Richard Wiles James R. Cox. June 27,

What if... A nuclear waste accident scenario in Des Moines, IA. Richard Wiles James R. Cox. June 27, What if... A nuclear waste accident scenario in Des Moines, IA Richard Wiles James R. Cox June 27, 2002 www.mapscience.org Summary This report is the first attempt to utilize government data and computer

More information

RELOCATION, RE-ENTRY, AND RETURN - DECISION MAKING. Demonstrate the capability to develop decisions on relocation, re-entry, and return.

RELOCATION, RE-ENTRY, AND RETURN - DECISION MAKING. Demonstrate the capability to develop decisions on relocation, re-entry, and return. OBJECTIVE 28: RELOCATION, RE-ENTRY, AND RETURN - DECISION MAKING OBJECTIVE Demonstrate the capability to develop decisions on relocation, re-entry, and return. INTENT This objective is derived from -0654

More information

131 I, 132 I, 134 Cs, 137 Cs

131 I, 132 I, 134 Cs, 137 Cs Preliminary estimation of 2-month accumulated radiological doses over Japan due to radionuclides discharged into the atmosphere in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident Preliminary estimation

More information

Intervention Levels for Air, Drinking Water and Food after Fukushima Nuclear Accident in Japan 2011

Intervention Levels for Air, Drinking Water and Food after Fukushima Nuclear Accident in Japan 2011 ABSTRACT Intervention Levels for Air, Drinking Water and Food after Fukushima Nuclear Accident in Japan 2011 Helena Janžekovič, Milko J. Križman Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration P.O. Box 5759, Železna

More information

Decision Making for Late-Phase Recovery from Nuclear or Radiological Incidents: New Guidance from NCRP

Decision Making for Late-Phase Recovery from Nuclear or Radiological Incidents: New Guidance from NCRP ICRP 2013 23 October 2013 Abu Dhabi Decision Making for Late-Phase Recovery from Nuclear or Radiological Incidents: New Guidance from NCRP A.F. Nisbet* (Member, SC5-1) and S.Y. Chen** (Chair, SC5-1) National

More information

Overview of Events at Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant

Overview of Events at Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant Overview of Events at Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant 23 March 2011 Luis Echávarri Javier Reig John Nakoski Ted Lazo 2011 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 1 Outline of Presentation

More information

A dose reconstruction of air emissions from the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Oak Ridge TN, using historic air monitoring and emission data

A dose reconstruction of air emissions from the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Oak Ridge TN, using historic air monitoring and emission data Environmental Exposure and Health 139 A dose reconstruction of air emissions from the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Oak Ridge TN, using historic air monitoring and emission data M. W. Evans Agency

More information

Nuclear Power Plant Emergencies

Nuclear Power Plant Emergencies Nuclear Power Plant Emergencies Introduction Display Slide N-0 Explain that the construction and operation of nuclear power plants are closely monitored and regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

More information

Jacques REPUSSARD. Director General of IRSN UNU. Tokyo, 20 December 2013

Jacques REPUSSARD. Director General of IRSN UNU. Tokyo, 20 December 2013 Forecasting, estimating, evaluating and communicating the environmental and public health effects of a major nuclear accident: How can Fukushima contribute to the development of international best practice?

More information

Development of a Radiological and Nuclear Emergency Dose Assessment Program in a New Nuclear Nation A Regulators Perspective

Development of a Radiological and Nuclear Emergency Dose Assessment Program in a New Nuclear Nation A Regulators Perspective Development of a Radiological and Nuclear Emergency Dose Assessment Program in a New Nuclear Nation A Regulators Perspective Andy Woodruffe International Experts Meeting on Assessment and Prognosis in

More information

Dirty bomb event in urban environment radiation exposure of public and emergency personnel

Dirty bomb event in urban environment radiation exposure of public and emergency personnel Dirty bomb event in urban environment radiation exposure of public and emergency personnel 1. Introduction 2. Radiological dispersion device information 3. Contamination levels in urban environment 4.

More information

Haruyasu NAGAI, Masamichi CHINO, Hiroaki TERADA, Genki KATATA, Hiromasa NAKAYAMA, and Masakazu OTA Japan Atomic Energy Agency

Haruyasu NAGAI, Masamichi CHINO, Hiroaki TERADA, Genki KATATA, Hiromasa NAKAYAMA, and Masakazu OTA Japan Atomic Energy Agency System for Prediction of Environmental Emergency Dose Information Multi-model Package 1/16 International Workshop, Feb. 22-23, 2012 Source term estimation and atmospheric dispersion simulations of radioactive

More information

Methods For Estimating the Atmospheric Radiation Release From the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant

Methods For Estimating the Atmospheric Radiation Release From the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant Methods For Estimating the Atmospheric Radiation Release From the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant Paul E. Bieringer 1, Steven Hanna 2, George Young 3, Branko Kosovic 1, John Hannan 4, and Ryohji

More information

Joint ICTP-IAEA School of Nuclear Energy Management August 2011

Joint ICTP-IAEA School of Nuclear Energy Management August 2011 2257-83 Joint ICTP- School of Nuclear Energy Management 8-26 August 2011 Public Communications: communicating the safety significance of events - INES Rejane Spiegelberg, Vienna Austria Public Communications:

More information

Transboundary aspects of EP&R in Greece Christos Housiadas Chairman, Greek Atomic Energy Commission (EEAE)

Transboundary aspects of EP&R in Greece Christos Housiadas Chairman, Greek Atomic Energy Commission (EEAE) www.eeae.gr Transboundary aspects of EP&R in Greece Christos Housiadas Chairman, Greek Atomic Energy Commission (EEAE) 2 The national framework Greece has no NPP and no intention to build any in the foreseeable

More information

A Radiation Estimation Method for use in the Initial and Intermediate

A Radiation Estimation Method for use in the Initial and Intermediate A Radiation Estimation Method for use in the Initial and Intermediate Stages of a Nuclear Accident Shinsuke Kato, Ryohji Ohba, Minsik ik Kim (The University it of Tokyo) Jiro Yoneda(Mitsubishi Heavy Industries)

More information

The need for strengthening of international cooperation in the area of analysis of radiological consequences

The need for strengthening of international cooperation in the area of analysis of radiological consequences ÚJV Řež, a. s. The need for strengthening of international cooperation in the area of analysis of radiological consequences Jozef Misak IAEA Technical Meeting on Source Term Evaluation of Severe Accidents

More information

Radiological Emergency Preparedness. Radiological Accident Assessment Concepts Update Workshop

Radiological Emergency Preparedness. Radiological Accident Assessment Concepts Update Workshop Radiological Emergency Preparedness Radiological Accident Assessment Concepts Update Workshop Overview of PAG Manual Changes RAAC Update Workshop August 2017 2 Overview Changes in the new PAG Manual that

More information

Nuclear Power Plant Emergencies in the USA

Nuclear Power Plant Emergencies in the USA Nuclear Power Plant Emergencies in the USA Dean Kyne Nuclear Power Plant Emergencies in the USA Managing Risks, Demographics and Response 123 Dean Kyne Department of Sociology and Anthropology The University

More information

Assessment of Dispersion Characteristics and Radiation Doses Consequences of a postulated Accident at a Proposed Nuclear Power Plant

Assessment of Dispersion Characteristics and Radiation Doses Consequences of a postulated Accident at a Proposed Nuclear Power Plant EUROPEAN ACADEMIC RESEARCH Vol. V, Issue 10/ January 2018 ISSN 2286-4822 www.euacademic.org Impact Factor: 3.4546 (UIF) DRJI Value: 5.9 (B+) Assessment of Dispersion Characteristics and Radiation Doses

More information

1.26 VALIDATION AND COMPARISON OF DISPERSION MODELS OF RTARC DSS

1.26 VALIDATION AND COMPARISON OF DISPERSION MODELS OF RTARC DSS 1.26 VALIDATION AND COMPARISON OF DISPERSION MODELS OF RTARC DSS Juraj Duran and Marek Pospisil VÚJE Trnava, Inc. Engineering, Design and Research Organization, Okružná 5, 91864 Trnava, Slovak Republic

More information

Integrated IT Technology for HazMat Incidents Decision Support

Integrated IT Technology for HazMat Incidents Decision Support Integrated IT Technology for HazMat Incidents Decision Support 8th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR FIRE BRIGADES IN THE HIGH HAZARD INDUSTRY 10 th 11 th November 2015 Danubius Hotel Helia, Budapest Eric Quatreville

More information

Response to Nuclear Emergency Situation - Viewpoints of Crisis Management -

Response to Nuclear Emergency Situation - Viewpoints of Crisis Management - 3 rd meeting, material 6 Response to Nuclear Emergency Situation - Viewpoints of Crisis Management - February 2015 Nuclear Regulation Authority Material 3 Response to nuclear disasters Act on Special Measures

More information

IMPROVING THE ASSESSMENT OF RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS: "URBAN" WORKING GROUPS IN THE IAEA'S MODEL TESTING PROGRAMS

IMPROVING THE ASSESSMENT OF RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS: URBAN WORKING GROUPS IN THE IAEA'S MODEL TESTING PROGRAMS IMPROVING THE ASSESSMENT OF RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS: "URBAN" WORKING GROUPS IN THE IAEA'S MODEL TESTING PROGRAMS Kathleen M. Thiessen 1 1 Oak Ridge Center for Risk Analysis, 102

More information

IAEA Safety Standards and Guidelines for Preparedness and Response to Nuclear and Radiological Emergencies

IAEA Safety Standards and Guidelines for Preparedness and Response to Nuclear and Radiological Emergencies International Conference on Effective Nuclear Regulatory Systems Transforming experience into regulatory improvements 8-12 April 2013, Ottawa, Canada Safety Standards and Guidelines for Preparedness and

More information

TSD-DOSE: A RADIOLOGICAL DOSE ASSESSMENT MODEL FOR TREATMENT, STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES

TSD-DOSE: A RADIOLOGICAL DOSE ASSESSMENT MODEL FOR TREATMENT, STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES TSD-DOSE: A RADIOLOGICAL DOSE ASSESSMENT MODEL FOR TREATMENT, STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES M. Pfingston, J. Arnish, S.Y. Chen, and D. LePoire Argonne National Laboratory Argonne, Illinois H. Himpler

More information

Analysis of different quantitative safety goals for nuclear power plants

Analysis of different quantitative safety goals for nuclear power plants Analysis of different quantitative safety goals for nuclear power plants Ji Suk KIM a, Man Cheol KIM a* a Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea Abstract: As the multi-unit risks or site-level risks from nuclear

More information

Working Together: R & D Partnerships in Homeland Security April 2005 Boston, Massachusetts. Overview

Working Together: R & D Partnerships in Homeland Security April 2005 Boston, Massachusetts. Overview Overview Importance of Economic Consequence Evaluation Evaluation Taxonomy Cleanup Standards Economic Consequences Conclusion 2 1 Why Evaluate Economic Consequences? Loss of life, property destruction,

More information

CNSC Fukushima Task Force Nuclear Power Plant Safety Review Criteria

CNSC Fukushima Task Force Nuclear Power Plant Safety Review Criteria CNSC Fukushima Task Force E-doc 3743877 July 2011 Executive Summary In response to the March 11, 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), the CNSC convened a Task Force to evaluate

More information

Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan for Nuclear Power Plant

Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan for Nuclear Power Plant Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan for Nuclear Power Plant Shaaban Abdalla Selouma Mohamed Department of Nuclear Engineering KINGS, KEPCO International Nuclear Graduate School Ulsan, Republic of

More information

Experience feedback on the Fukushima NPS accident- Sanitary and environmental consequences

Experience feedback on the Fukushima NPS accident- Sanitary and environmental consequences Experience feedback on the Fukushima NPS accident- Sanitary and environmental consequences Harald Thielen (GRS), Olivier Isnard (IRSN), Kurt Couckvyt (BelV), Harutaka Hoshi (JNES), Serge Lobach (SSTC NRS)

More information

Crisis Management and Decision support (CMD)

Crisis Management and Decision support (CMD) Crisis Management and Decision support (CMD) Johan Camps Belgian Nuclear Research Centre johan.camps@sckcen.be Copyright 2011 SCK CEN EMRAS-WG8 Brussels/27-09-2011 Overview Radiation protection (ICRP)

More information

Frequently Asked Questions: Japanese Nuclear Energy Situation

Frequently Asked Questions: Japanese Nuclear Energy Situation NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE Frequently Asked Questions: Japanese Nuclear Energy Situation 1. What will be the impact of the Fukushima Daiichi accident on the U.S. nuclear program? It is premature to draw

More information

IRSN role, organisation, methodology and means as the French TSO for Emergency Preparedness and Response

IRSN role, organisation, methodology and means as the French TSO for Emergency Preparedness and Response IRSN role, organisation, methodology and means as the French TSO for Emergency Preparedness and Response O. Isnard Emergency Response Department IRSN International Conference on Challenges Faced by Technical

More information

Implementation of an awareness tool to post-accidental issues for local stakeholders

Implementation of an awareness tool to post-accidental issues for local stakeholders Claire Gauvin, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire Implementation of an awareness tool to post-accidental issues for local stakeholders WHY? The involvement of local stakeholders in accident

More information

Nuclear emergency management and countermeasures reported in mass media

Nuclear emergency management and countermeasures reported in mass media Innovative integrated tools and platforms for radiological emergency preparedness and post accident response in Europe Nuclear emergency management and countermeasures Eduardo Gallego 1, Marie Claire Cantone

More information

Summary of Laws and Regulations for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness

Summary of Laws and Regulations for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Summary of Laws and Regulations for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness [Reactor Regulation Act] Prevention of disasters by regulations for operation, etc. of reactors and securing of public safety Order of

More information

II.-1. Major nuclear power facilities in Japan

II.-1. Major nuclear power facilities in Japan II.-1. Major nuclear power facilities in Japan In Japan, there are 50 operable nuclear reactors in nuclear power plants in 17 locations and 6 reactors which are under decommissioning. In addition to these

More information

EMERGENCY PROCEDURES

EMERGENCY PROCEDURES NOTES & REFERENCES Module 12 EMERGENCY PROCEDURES OBJECTIVES: After completing this module you will be able to: 12.1 List five types ofemergencies to which the 55 must be prepared to Page 1 respond.

More information

Radionuclide Release at Fukushima

Radionuclide Release at Fukushima Radionuclide Release at Fukushima Peter F. Caracappa, Ph.D., CHP American Nuclear Society Connecticut Section November 16, 2011 Overview Accident Review Radioactive Material Releases Transport and Deposition

More information

Page 2. Suggested Answers:

Page 2. Suggested Answers: Questions 1. A threat analysis of a particular reactor emergency scenario establishes radiological consequences as RBE-weighted values for radiation exposure to an individual outside the site boundary

More information

Annex I of Technical Volume 2 HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE GOVERNMENTAL, LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR NUCLEAR SAFETY IN JAPAN

Annex I of Technical Volume 2 HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE GOVERNMENTAL, LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR NUCLEAR SAFETY IN JAPAN Annex I of Technical Volume 2 HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE GOVERNMENTAL, LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR NUCLEAR SAFETY IN JAPAN The governmental and public organizations responsible for policy and

More information

International environmental radioactivity information exchange: the Chernobyl experience. Marc De Cort

International environmental radioactivity information exchange: the Chernobyl experience. Marc De Cort International environmental radioactivity information exchange: the Chernobyl experience Marc De Cort 1 April May 26 28 30 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 Release 1. Detection in Sweden in the

More information

Legislative Framework and international legal instruments

Legislative Framework and international legal instruments Legislative Framework and international legal instruments A.Cherf Office of Legal Affairs International Atomic Energy Agency Vienna, 5-9 Nov 2007 Contents Need for a legal framework Objectives of nuclear

More information

Regulatory Actions and Follow up Measures against Fukushima Accident in Korea

Regulatory Actions and Follow up Measures against Fukushima Accident in Korea Int Conference on Effective Nuclear Regulatory Systems, April 9, 2013, Canada Regulatory Actions and Follow up Measures against Fukushima Accident in Korea Seon Ho SONG* Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety

More information

Safety Implication for Gen-IV SFR based on the Lesson Learned from the Fukushima Dai-ichi NPPs Accident. Ryodai NAKAI Japan Atomic Energy Agency

Safety Implication for Gen-IV SFR based on the Lesson Learned from the Fukushima Dai-ichi NPPs Accident. Ryodai NAKAI Japan Atomic Energy Agency Safety Implication for Gen-IV SFR based on the Lesson Learned from the Fukushima Dai-ichi NPPs Accident Ryodai NAKAI Japan Atomic Energy Agency Contents Introduction Japanese Government Report to the IAEA

More information

Assessment of Exposures and Countermeasures in Urban Environments

Assessment of Exposures and Countermeasures in Urban Environments MODARIA II Working Group 2 Assessment of Exposures and Countermeasures in Urban Environments Kathleen Thiessen, Ph.D. Oak Ridge Center for Risk Analysis, Inc. 31 October - 4 November 2016 1 st MODARIA

More information

Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences 8 (2015) 493e497. Available online at ScienceDirect

Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences 8 (2015) 493e497. Available online at   ScienceDirect Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences 8 (2015) 493e497 HOSTED BY Available online at www.sciencedirect.com ScienceDirect Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences journal homepage:

More information

IAEA Activities in Nuclear Safety and Security following the Fukushima Daiichi accident

IAEA Activities in Nuclear Safety and Security following the Fukushima Daiichi accident IAEA Activities in Nuclear Safety and Security following the Fukushima Daiichi accident Gustavo Caruso Director Office of Safety and Security Coordination Department of Nuclear Safety and Security Overview

More information

Radiological Dispersal Device (RDD) is any device that causes the purposeful dissemination of radioactive material without a nuclear detonation.

Radiological Dispersal Device (RDD) is any device that causes the purposeful dissemination of radioactive material without a nuclear detonation. Study Guide Committee: United Nations Disarmement and Security Council (DISEC) Topic: The Question of Radiological Dispersal Devices Introduction: In recent years there have been some major advancements

More information

Emergency preparedness and response in case of nuclear and radiological events on-site or off-site and the experience of RODOS system application

Emergency preparedness and response in case of nuclear and radiological events on-site or off-site and the experience of RODOS system application Emergency preparedness and response in case of nuclear and radiological events on-site or off-site and the experience of RODOS system application Tetiana Kutuzova Head of Emergency Preparedness and Radiation

More information

A Call for Public Safety:

A Call for Public Safety: OWEN SOUND BARRIE PETERBOROUGH KINGSTON TORONTO MISSISSAUGA HAMILTON ROCHESTER SYRACUSE BUFFALO DETROIT WINDSOR A Call for Public Safety: Addressing Nuclear Risks on the Great Lakes CLEVELAND Nuclear Power

More information

EP&R national priorities, national action plans and possibilities of transboundary/regional

EP&R national priorities, national action plans and possibilities of transboundary/regional EP&R national priorities, national action plans and possibilities of transboundary/regional activities Inger Margrethe H. Eikelmann Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority NTW WG on Nuclear Emergency

More information

DOE Handbook: Draft DOE-HDBK-XXXX-YR, Accident Analysis Handbook. March 2015 Status for EFCOG NFS Safety Basis Subgroup Meeting

DOE Handbook: Draft DOE-HDBK-XXXX-YR, Accident Analysis Handbook. March 2015 Status for EFCOG NFS Safety Basis Subgroup Meeting DOE Handbook: Draft DOE-HDBK-XXXX-YR, Accident Analysis Handbook March 2015 Status for EFCOG NFS Safety Basis Subgroup Meeting 1 Contacts Garrett Smith, Director, Nuclear Safety Basis and Facility Design

More information

Food Control after a Major Nuclear Accident the Need for Harmonisation

Food Control after a Major Nuclear Accident the Need for Harmonisation Food Control after a Major Nuclear Accident the Need for Harmonisation Helena Janzekovic 1, Milko J. Krizman 2 1 Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration, Litostrojska 54, Ljubljana, Slovenia 2 milko.krizman@gmail.com

More information

Cooperation between the IAEA and Fukushima Prefecture. Interim Report ( )

Cooperation between the IAEA and Fukushima Prefecture. Interim Report ( ) Cooperation between the IAEA and Fukushima Prefecture In the Area of Radiation Monitoring, Remediation and Waste Management following the Accident at TEPCO s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Interim

More information

Food Safety in a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency: Emergency Preparedness and Decision Making Criteria

Food Safety in a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency: Emergency Preparedness and Decision Making Criteria Webinar on Food Safety in a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency 23 October 2018 Food Safety in a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency: Emergency Preparedness and Decision Making Criteria S. Nestoroska Madjunarova

More information

EPA s Radiation Emergency Response Program in 2012

EPA s Radiation Emergency Response Program in 2012 EPA s Radiation Emergency Response Program in 2012 Sara DeCair, Health Physicist Center for Radiological Emergency Management U.S. EPA National REP Conference EPA s Core Capabilities EPA s mission to protect

More information

Effects of Source Term on Off-site Consequence in LOCA Sequence in a Typical PWR

Effects of Source Term on Off-site Consequence in LOCA Sequence in a Typical PWR Effects of Source Term on Off-site Consequence in LOCA Sequence in a Typical PWR Seok-Jung HAN a, Tae-Woon KIM, and Kwang-Il AHN a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, P.O. Box 105, Yuseong, Daejeon,

More information

WENRA and its expectations on the safety of new NPP

WENRA and its expectations on the safety of new NPP WENRA and its expectations on the safety of new NPP INPRO Dialogue Forum on Global Nuclear Energy Sustainability Licensing and Safety Issues for Small- and Medium-sized Reactors (SMRs) Vienna, 29 July

More information

MDEP Position Paper PP-STC-01

MDEP Position Paper PP-STC-01 MDEP Position Paper PP-STC-01 Related to: STC s subcommittee on Safety Goals activities MDEP Steering Technical Committee Position Paper on Safety Goals 1 Multi-National Design Evaluation Programme Steering

More information