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FINAL REPORT PEER APPRAISAL OF THE ARRANGEMENTS IN THE ARCHANGELSK REGION (RUSSIAN FEDERATION) REGARDING THE PREPAREDNESS FOR RESPONDING TO A RADIATION EMERGENCY 04 – 14 July 2011 Archangelsk Region, Russian Federation International Atomic Energy Agency 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The mission team gained access to all principal organizations, which provided excellent cooperation and valuable input at all levels. The time spent with organizational counterparts in Moscow, Archangelsk and Severodvinsk was extremely productive. The professional interest and involvement on the part of representatives from critical response organizations with whom the mission team interacted was vital to the success of this mission. The mission team wishes to extend its special appreciation for the positive and active involvement of Professor L. A. Bolshov, Director of Nuclear Safety Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IBRAE RAN), for the excellent preparation of the mission and and Mr. V.V.Shishov, the Deputy Governor of the Archangelsk Region on natural resources and ecology, for providing access and consultation opportunity to all the organizations playing important roles in the regional nuclear or radiological emergency preparedness and response system. The visits provided valuable insights into the challenges faced by the regional government, as well as the locally operating federal institutions to provide the necessary capabilities to cope with the consequences of any nuclear or radiological accident. 2 Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 5 1.1. Background ........................................................................................................ 5 1.2. Scope .................................................................................................................. 6 1.3. Process ................................................................................................................ 8 1.4. Input and guidance for the assessment ............................................................. 11 1.5. Regional Table-Top and Field Radiological Emergency Exercise .................. 11 2. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS ................................................................................... 12 2.1. Historical background and present situation .................................................... 12 2.1.1. Archangelsk Region ................................................................................. 12 2.1.2. City of Archangelsk .................................................................................. 13 2.1.3. City of Severodvinsk ................................................................................ 14 2.1.4. JSC "Centre of Shiprepairing "Zvezdochka" ........................................... 14 2.1.5. JSC "Research and Development Technological Bureau "Onega" .......... 15 2.1.6. JSC "Product Association "SEVMASH" ................................................. 16 2.2. Main findings ................................................................................................... 17 2.3. Interim (immediate) actions ............................................................................. 21 2.4. Long-term actions ............................................................................................ 21 3. DETAILED FINDINGS .......................................................................................... 23 3.1. Basic responsibilities ........................................................................................ 23 3.1.1. Current situation ....................................................................................... 23 3.2. Assessment of threats ....................................................................................... 25 3.2.1. Current situation ....................................................................................... 25 3.2.2. Recommendation ...................................................................................... 26 3.3. Establishing emergency management and operations; authority, organization and coordination of emergency response ...................................... 27 3.3.1. Current situation ....................................................................................... 27 3.4. Identifying, notifying and activating ................................................................ 27 3.4.1. Current situation ....................................................................................... 28 3.4.2. Recommendation ...................................................................................... 31 3.5. Taking mitigatory actions................................................................................. 31 3.5.1. Current situation ....................................................................................... 32 3.5.2. Recommendation ...................................................................................... 33 3.6. Taking urgent protective actions ...................................................................... 33 3.6.1. Current situation ....................................................................................... 33 3.6.2. Recommendation ...................................................................................... 34 3.7. Providing information, issuing warnings and instructions to the public .......... 34 3.7.1. Current situation ....................................................................................... 34 3.7.2. Recommendation ...................................................................................... 35 3.8. Protecting emergency workers ......................................................................... 35 3.8.1. Current situation ....................................................................................... 35 3.8.2. Recommendation ...................................................................................... 36 3.9. Assessing the initial phase ............................................................................... 36 3.9.1. Current situation ....................................................................................... 36 3.9.2. Recommendation ...................................................................................... 37 3.10. Managing medical response ........................................................................... 37 3 3.10.1. Current situation ..................................................................................... 37 3.10.2.Recommendation ..................................................................................... 38 3.11. Keeping the public informed .......................................................................... 38 3.11.1. Current situation ..................................................................................... 38 3.11.2. Recommendation .................................................................................... 38 3.12. Taking agricultural countermeasures against ingestion and longer term protective actions ................................................................................................ 38 3.12.1. Current situation ..................................................................................... 38 3.12.2. Recommendation .................................................................................... 39 3.13. Mitigating non-radiological consequences of the emergency and response .. 39 3.13.1. Current situation ..................................................................................... 39 3.13.2. Recommendation .................................................................................... 39 3.14. Requirements for infrastructure ..................................................................... 39 3.14.1 Current situation ...................................................................................... 40 3.14.2. Recommendation .................................................................................... 42 APPENDICES ............................................................................................................. 43 Appendix I. Mission Team Composition ................................................................ 43 Appendix II. Work Done and Persons Met ............................................................. 44 Appendix III. Terms of Reference of the IAEA Emergency Preparedness and Response Review (EPREV) Mission to Archangelsk Region (Russian Federation) .......................................................................................................... 50 Appendix IV. Comprehensive Emergency Exercise "Arctic-2011" ....................... 57 GLOSSARY ................................................................................................................ 61 ABBREVIATIONS ..................................................................................................... 66 REFERENCES ............................................................................................................ 69 4 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. BACKGROUND The obligations, responsibilities and requirements for preparedness for and response to radiation emergencies are set out in the Safety Standards, No. GS-R-2 Requirements for ―Preparedness and Response for a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency‖ [1]. The IAEA General Conference, in resolution GC(46)/RES/9, encourages Member States to ―implement the Safety Requirements for Preparedness