26.08.2015   Modern Power Station Practice

Department of Energy representative

• Liaison between the OSC and the Department of Energy nuclear emergency briefing room in London.

Nuclear Installations Inspectorate representative

• Assessment of the likely cause of the accident and its consequences.

• Advice to the Health and Safety Executive and government departments.

• Liaison with the Nil emergency centre.

• Advice to the OSC controller.

National Radiological Protection Board representative

• Assessment of the radiological hazards of the emer­gency.

• Advice to the Nil representatives and to the N11 emergency centre.

• Liaison with the NRPB emergency centre for the coordination of monitoring outside the area covered by the site emergency plan,

• Liaison with health physicists from the CEGB, MAFF and the Department of the Environment.

Local authority representative

• Arrangements for the welfare of members of the public including temporary accommodation, feeding and transport.

• Liaison with local authority headquarters in accor­dance with the county disaster plan.

Health Authority representative

• Arrangements for the treatment of casualties.

• Medical advice to people who have been (or think they have been) exposed to radiation.

Police liaison officer

Liaison with force headquarters for:

• Actions to protect the public including evacuation.

• Advising and reassuring the public, e. g., informa­tion on those evacuated.

• Control of access to the station site.

• Statements on behalf of the police at media briefings.

6.2 Government emergency planning

Nuclear site emergency plans together with the rele­vant local authority disaster scheme are considered adequate to deal with all foreseeable accidents. The role of central government departments in the event of an emergency at a nuclear power station would be concerned primarily with reassuring parliament, the public and the media that the emergency was being competently handled. Some central government de­partments and agencies would, however, be actively involved in a nuclear emergency and have their own emergency plans for this purpose.