Preparing, Conduct and Evaluation of Exercises to Test Preparedness for a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency: Overview of the Course

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Preparing, Conduct and Evaluation of Exercises to
Test Preparedness for a Nuclear or Radiological
Emergency Overview of the Course
IAEA Training in Emergency Preparedness and
Response
Module L-050

• Lecture

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Introduction

• Emergency response exercises are
• A powerful tool for verification and improvement
• Used for training, validation, evaluation and
  regulatory purposes
• Increasingly considered an important part of
  safety
• Their value depends on clear objectives
• Preparation
• Conduct
• Evaluation

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Training Workshop Objectives

• Enable participants to
• Understand the value of emergency response
  exercises
• Develop exercise scenarios
• Plan exercises
• Manage the preparation of exercises
• Act as senior controllers and evaluators
• Prepare the exercise evaluation report
• Adapt and conduct the IAEA standard radiological
  emergency exercise

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Who Should This Workshop Interest?

• Senior emergency preparedness managers
• Senior personnel who may
• Prepare
• Manage
• Conduct
• Evaluate large-scale emergency response exercises

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Course Outline

• 1 General concepts
• 2 Preparation process and exercise manual
• 3 Exercise objectives
• 4 Scenario, injects and data
• 5 Radiological data
• 6 Exercise evaluation
• 7 Specific Aspects of Exercises for Response to
  Emergencies Arising from Malicious Acts - General
• 8 Specific Aspects of Exercises for Response to
  Emergencies Arising from Malicious Acts
  Exercise Scenarios

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Exercise

• Exercise organization
• Standard exercise briefing
• Exercise preparation
• Exercise
• Exercise evaluation