Support for the Emergency
Preparedness of Nuclear Facilities
April, 2018

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JANSI’s Mission
Pursue the world’s highest level of safety in Japan’s nuclear industry～Untiring pursuit of the highest standards of Excellence～
Initiatives for fulfilling the mission (related to nuclear emergency preparedness)〇Assessments, proposals and/or recommendations, and support
for safety improvement measures
・Assessment of severe accident measures〇Assessments, proposals and/or recommendations, and support
for nuclear power facilities
・Assessment by peer reviews
・ "EP" (Emergency Preparedness) is one of the review areas〇Basic work to support utilities and JANSl's initiative
・ Personnel development(support to improve the ability of emergency response personnel)

・ Information analysis
・ Developing guidelines

Cycle of assessment and support

Assessment

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Importance of Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Training
Since the Fukushima Daiichi accident, nuclear emergency preparedness has
been under review and restructured in view of the lessons learned from theaccident and international standards, e.g. IAEA standards.
Utilities are upgrading emergency response facilities, equipment, andprocedures, including the "Nuclear Utilities' Emergency Preparedness
Programs" to deal with complex disasters and severe accidents.

・Emergency repose cannot be experienced in a practical sense.
・Emergency response facilities and equipment are rarely used.
・Improve the level of skills to ensure that every activity
elements will function, including the fundamentals based on
emergency response plans.
・Improve the ability to make judgments and apply skills sothat even unforeseen circumstances can be dealt with.

Training is important.

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Support for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness

Support for Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Training

1. Providing support to ensure the effectiveness of emergency response
training- Establishing the “Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Training Guideline”
2. Providing support to improve emergency response activities- Establishing and managing the “Nuclear Emergency Preparedness
Training Study Committee”
3. Providing support to improve the ability of emergency response
personnel- Organizing workshops and seminars, and reporting findings

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JANSI’s "Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Training Guideline"（1/2）[Background]・Following the Fukushima Daiichi accident, the importance of daily
preparedness for nuclear emergencies, including complex disasters
involving earthquakes and tsunami, simultaneous accidents at multiple
units, and terrorist attacks, has been re-acknowledged. More effective
nuclear emergency preparedness training is required more than ever.
In April 2012, the “Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Training
Guideline Study Committee” consisting of members equipped withexpertise in nuclear emergency preparedness, was established tohave energetic deliberations.
JANSI’s "Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Training Guideline" was established(January 2013)
http://www.genanshin.jp/archive/disasterprevention/index.html
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JANSI’s "Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Training Guideline"（2/2）
To show the procedures and rules for utilities to conduct training onemergency response activities, including nuclear emergency
preparedness, in an independent and effective manner.

[Contents]- Providing basic matters that are helpful in planning andimplementing nuclear emergency preparedness training(ideas and procedures about the process of planning,
implementing, reviewing, and improving training)- Providing procedures about non-scripted training which isthought to be effective in improving the ability to makejudgments and apply skills
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Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Training Study Committee (1/6）
The “Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Training Study Committee” has been established toprovide support so that nuclear emergency preparedness training conducted by nuclearutilities will be more effective.
[Purport of Establishment]
Nuclear utilities have started their initiatives to work out more effective training in reference
to the "Nuclear Emergency Training Guideline."- JANSI is responsible to monitor the use of the Guideline by utilities, enhance its

details, and develop it into one that is more useful and helpful to utilities.
- JANSI is also responsible to provide appropriate coaching and advice, support, andencouragement for utilities' initiatives by introducing domestic and overseas
practices and through the eyes of outsiders.

As a mechanism to fulfill these responsibilities, the “Nuclear Emergency Preparedness
Training Study Committee” was established in May 2013 with utilities and members of the“Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Guideline Study Committee serving” as key members.
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Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Training Study Committee (2/6）

Conference A
Chairperson: JANSI, AB members,
representative members of Conference B

Secretariat: JANSI- Technical Support Department- Safety Improvement Department- Education and Accreditation Department- Plant Operation Analysis Department[Purpose]- Reporting and acknowledging the results of deliberations by Conference B- Discussing and providing advice on important and outstanding issues
Participation of representativemembers
Participation of all members

Advisory Board(AB)8 non-nuclear utilitymembers[Purpose]- Providing coaching and advice

Specific IssueResolution
Support WG[purpose]
To be set up on anad hoc basic tosupport theresolution ofspecific issues

Conference B
13 Japanese nuclear utilities[Purpose]- Sharing training results- Resolving issues associated withtraining- On-the-spot verification（assistance visits, etc.）
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Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Training Study Committee (3/6）- Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Training Study Committee (Conference A)(1) June 2013, (2) Dec. 2013, (3) Sept. 2014, (4) Apr. 2015, (5) Nov. 2015, (6) Apr. 2016, (7) Dec. 2016,（8）March 2017, (9) July 2017, (10) Dec. 2017, (11) March 2018

- Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Training Study Committee (Conference B)(1) Aug. 2013, (2) Nov. 2013, (3) Apr. 2014, (4) Feb. 2015, (5) July 2015, (6) Feb. 2016, (7) Nov. 2016,（8）March 2017, (9) July 2017, (10) Dec. 2017, (11) Feb. 2018

- Emergency Preparedness Training presentation(1) 31st July-1st Aug. 2013, (2) 17th-18th June 2014, (3) 2nd-3rd June 2015, (4) 17th-18th May 2016(5) 23rd-24th May 2017
Each company made a presentation on the conduct of training. Working-level personnel got together fromall Japanese nuclear power stations to share good practices of other power stations and find clues to solve
their own issues through earnest presentation and enthusiastic questions and answers.

Advanced initiatives

Emergency preparedness training
presentation- Introduction of ICS (Incident Command System)- Information sharing tool templates- Emergency database- Use of SPDS information for training
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Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Training Study Committee (4/6）◇ Emergency Preparedness Training Assistance Visits

Providing utilities with support for their initiatives to improve safety without
limiting to meeting regulatory requirements

Conducting emergency preparedness training
assistance visits- Higashi dori Nuclear Power Plant: May - August 2014
- Shimane Nuclear Power Plant:

December 2014 - March 2015

- Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant:

June - August 2015

- Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant:

December 2015 - February 2016

- Shika Nuclear Power Plant :July - October 2016

- Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant :Training to ERO at theemergency response center

August - November 2017
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Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Training Study Committee (5/6）◇Emergency preparedness training assistance visits
The following activities that are carried out by the Assistance Visit Team(“Team”) formed by the Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Training Study
Committee established in the Japan Nuclear Safety Institute to help ensure andimprove the effectiveness of nuclear emergency preparedness training
conducted by nuclear utilities:
 Identifying concerns and challenges in the process of developing effective
training plans in reference to JANSl's Nuclear Emergency Preparedness
Training Guideline and provide advice for ensuring the PDCA cycle of training Providing counseling discerning cases in which utilities are at a loss in theapproach or taking misguided initiatives in the activities to improve theeffectiveness of nuclear emergency preparedness training Sharing the information gained through these activities among utilities tohelp other plants improve the effectiveness of nuclear emergency
preparedness training

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Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Training Study Committee (6/6）◇Features of emergency preparedness training assistance visits Based on the idea that the key to the success of training is a setup (trainingplan), the Team will review from the planning stage.
 The Team's observations in the planning stage will be reflected into thetraining plan, if possible, by the reviewed plant to enhance the training plan.
 The Team consists of peer personnel engaging in emergency preparedness
and response, emergency preparedness and response experts fromacademia or other industries, and JANSl's personnel concerned withemergency preparedness and response.
 Peer reviewers can grasp the "strengths" and “weaknesses" of their own
plants by observing the practices of other plants and comparing them withtheirs.
 It is expected that peer reviewers can improve their review skills by acting
as team members to "review training" although their "training is reviewed“
while they are at their own plants.

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Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Training Seminars（1/3）

Attitude

Advanced

Knowledge / skills

BasicSeminars and trainings in 2014Education Contents（examples）
・Knowledge on Emergency Response-Laws/Regulations
Organizations and EP Activities-Organization
・Knowledge on Facilities and Equipment/Function
for radiative material transportation-Rolepackage-Equipment
・Knowledge on Radiation Protection-Device
・Methods for Radiation Measurements-Radiation
・Knowledge on Necessary Equipment
related to EP
・Basic Knowledge on SA
・Basic Knowledge on Accident Management
・International and National Cases
・Specialized Field of each teamSpecific Equipment/Device（For example, DGs and Power Supply Cars
for Electricity Maintenance Division）
・SAM taken Fukushima Accident
into Account・SA Analyses / Analysis Codes
・SA Phenomena
・Prevention and Mitigation of SA・understanding situations / making
decisionController

Director（team reader）

Team Member

Seminar on Non-scripted Drills and Exercise：25th-26th Feb. 2014

Seminar on EP Excellence：3rd-5th Mar. 2015

#5 Seminar and Lecture on EP： 21st Feb. 2018
#1 Seminar and Lecture on EP：31st Oct. 2014
Training for Directors atEmergency Response Center:27th-28th Feb. 2014

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Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Training Seminars（2/3）
Seminar on Non-scripted Drills and Exercise：Feb. 25-26, 2014
Inviting speakers from nuclear power plants in the US- To understand on Non-scripted Drills and Exercise, spreadthe knowledge and skills for the introduction and theimplementation, and develop technicians who will play key
roles in EP training in the future（Contents）➢ Planning of Drills and Exercise➢ Drill and Exercise, Development Processes➢ Scenario Development➢ Drill and Exercise Execution - Scenario Control➢ Control and Evaluation of Drills and Exercises➢ Exercise Critique, Process and Reports

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Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Training Seminars（3/3）

Researching abroad cases, and providing information
with JANSI’s members
・Visiting a nuclear plant in the US（Oct., 2013）- observing EP training(drill) on severe accidents- discussing issues related to EP
・Publishing a report, “Insights of Advanced Cases on Severe
Accident Management Training, Vol. 1”（Dec., 2013）
・Researching severe accident managements and emergency
preparedness on power stations in Europe（Oct., 2015）- investigating safety measures on power stations inSweden and in Switzerland

・Visiting the Canadian power station to observe EP exercise(Oct., 2017）15
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EP Training of utilities (1/2)
Drills in light of the Fukushima Daiichi NPS
accident (severe accident drill)

Drills for injecting water toreactors/spent fuel pools
Drills securing water source using alternate
water injection cars (portable pump) and fireengines (Tohoku Electric Power website)

Drills securing power by power
supply cars
(Japan Atomic Power Company website)

Drills opening valves used incontainment vessel vents(Chubu Electric Power website)(Tokyo Electric Power website)

Drills feeding water to steam
generators(Kansai Electric Power website)

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Drills assuming various situations

Debris removal drills(Chubu Electric Power website)

Operation drills by simulators,
assuming station blackouts

Drills transporting tools/equipment
by helicopters(Shikoku Electric Power website)(Kansai Electric Power website)

Remote-control robot drills at the nuclear emergency support center
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