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OFFICIAL SENSITIVE – FOR REGIONAL RESILIENCE PARTNERSHIP USE ONLY HUNTERSTON B NUCLEAR POWER STATION Hunterston B Nuclear Power Station Off-site Contingency Plan Prepared by Ayrshire Civil Contingencies Team on behalf of North Ayrshire Council For the West of Scotland Regional Resilience Partnership WAY – No. 01 (Rev. 4.0) Plan valid to 21 May 2020 OFFICIAL SENSITIVE OFFICIAL SENSITIVE – FOR REGIONAL RESILIENCE PARTNERSHIP USE ONLY HUNTERSTON B NUCLEAR POWER STATION 1.3 Emergency Notification – Information Provided When an incident occurs at the site, the on site incident cascade will be implemented and the information provided by the site will be in the form of a METHANE message as below: M Major Incident Yes / No Date Time E Exact Location Wind Speed Wind Direction T Type Security / Nuclear / etc H Hazards Present or suspected Radiological plume Chemical Security / weapons Fire A Access Details of the safe routes to site RVP N Number of casualties / Number: missing persons Type: Severity E Emergency Services Present or Required On arrival, all emergency personnel will be provided with a dosimeter which will measure levels of radiation and ensure that agreed limits are not reached. Emergency Staff should report to the site emergency controller (see tabard in Section 17.5). Scottish Fire and Rescue will provide a pre-determined attendance of 3 appliances and 1 Ariel appliance incorporating 2 gas suits. In addition to this Flexi Duty Managers would also be mobilised. A further update will be provided by the site on arrival. WAY – No. 01 (Rev. 4.0) Plan valid to 21 May 2020 4 OFFICIAL SENSITIVE OFFICIAL SENSITIVE – FOR REGIONAL RESILIENCE PARTNERSHIP USE ONLY HUNTERSTON B NUCLEAR POWER STATION 1.4 Site Incident/Off-site Nuclear Emergency Procedure Definition Definition INCIDENT A hazardous condition which results, A hazardous condition which or is likely to result, in the need to is confined in its effect to consider urgent Countermeasures to within the boundary of the site protect the public outside the determined in part by the site boundary of the site which may be boundary monitoring systems supported by site boundary (Emergency Plume Gamma monitoring system (EPGMS) from a Monitoring System (EPGMS)) radiological hazard data and indications WHAT TYPE? Site Incident Off Site Nuclear Emergency INITIATE INITIATE CASCADE CASCADE (See 1.1) SITE (See 1.2) CONTROL ROOM HUNTERSTON ECC (Section 8.1) ESTABLISH FCP ESTABLISH (Section 8.2) HSCC (Section 8.4) NO YES Does HSCC ESTABLISH need setting MBC up? (Section 8.6) Remain on duty Incident until standdown Phase Recovery Phase WAY – No. 01 (Rev. 4.0) Plan valid to 21 May 2020 5 OFFICIAL SENSITIVE OFFICIAL SENSITIVE – FOR REGIONAL RESILIENCE PARTNERSHIP USE ONLY HUNTERSTON B NUCLEAR POWER STATION 1 Emergency Notifications and Procedures ........................................................ 2 1.1 Emergency Notification – Site Incident .................................................................. 2 1.2 Emergency Notification – Off-Site Nuclear Emergency ......................................... 3 1.3 Emergency Notification – Information Provided ..................................................... 4 1.4 Site Incident/Off-site Nuclear Emergency Procedure ............................................ 5 2 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 10 2.1 Amendment Record............................................................................................. 10 2.2 Distribution List .................................................................................................... 11 2.3 Exercise /Training Record ................................................................................... 12 2.4 Foreword ............................................................................................................. 12 2.5 Glossary and Abbreviations ................................................................................. 13 3 Purpose of the Plan ........................................................................................... 17 3.1 Purpose ............................................................................................................... 17 4 Premises ............................................................................................................ 18 4.1 Hunterston “B” Nuclear Power Station................................................................. 18 5 Emergency Organisation .................................................................................. 19 5.1 Definition of Site Incident and Off-site Nuclear Emergency ................................. 19 5.2 Objectives ............................................................................................................ 19 5.3 Participating Organisations .................................................................................. 19 5.4 Response of the Emergency Organisation .......................................................... 19 5.5 Radiation Emergency Management Phases ....................................................... 21 6 Emergency Declarations, Notification and Response .................................... 22 6.1 Conditions for Taking Emergency Actions ........................................................... 22 6.2 Responsibility for Declaring or Standing Down an Emergency ............................ 22 6.3 Emergency Services and other Intervention Personnel ....................................... 22 6.4 Intervention Levels – Police Scotland .................................................................. 23 6.5 Intervention Levels – Scottish Fire and Rescue Service...................................... 24 6.6 Intervention Levels – Scottish Ambulance Service .............................................. 24 6.7 Table ‘A’ Site Incident .......................................................................................... 25 7 Public Information ............................................................................................. 26 7.1 Information to be Provided .................................................................................. 26 7.2 Prior Information to Local Residents.................................................................... 26 7.3 Information to the public in the event of a radiation emergency .......................... 26 8 Key Locations / Information ............................................................................. 29 8.1 Hunterston Emergency Control Centre................................................................ 29 8.2 Rendezvous Point / Forward Control Post ........................................................... 29 8.3 Media Liaison Point ............................................................................................. 29 8.4 Hunterston Strategic Coordination Centre - Off-site (HSCC) ............................... 29 8.5 North Ayrshire Emergency Control Centre .......................................................... 30 8.6 Media Briefing Centre .......................................................................................... 30 8.7 Receiving Hospitals ............................................................................................. 30 8.8 Rest Centre(s) ..................................................................................................... 31 8.9 Radiation Monitoring Units (RMU) ....................................................................... 31 8.10 Scottish Government Resilience Room (SGoRR) ............................................... 31 8.11 Traffic Control Points ........................................................................................... 32 8.12 Diversions ............................................................................................................ 32 8.13 Prevailing Wind Direction .................................................................................... 32 8.14 Air Traffic ............................................................................................................. 32 WAY – No. 01 (Rev. 4.0) Plan valid to 21 May 2020 6 OFFICIAL SENSITIVE OFFICIAL SENSITIVE – FOR REGIONAL RESILIENCE PARTNERSHIP USE ONLY HUNTERSTON B NUCLEAR POWER STATION 8.15 Rail Traffic ........................................................................................................... 32 9 Coordination Arrangements of Response and Recovery .............................. 33 9.1 Arrival at HSCC ................................................................................................... 33 9.2 HSCC User Guide ............................................................................................... 33 9.3 Roles / Membership Of Decision Making And Advisory Groups .......................... 35 9.4 Strategic Coordinating Group (SCG) ................................................................... 35 9.5 Tactical Group ..................................................................................................... 37 9.6 Scientific And Technical Advice Cell (STAC) ....................................................... 38 9.7 Recovery Working Group (RWG) ........................................................................ 39 9.8 Strategic Media Advice Cell (SMAC) ................................................................... 40 9.9.1 Strategic Coordinating Group Initial Agenda ....................................................... 43 9.9.2 Strategic Coordinating Group