NB 8 exercise on March 14, 2013 1.3.2013 Appendix 1 1(5) Country Extend of exercise participating organisations Finland About 60 organisations will take part in the national exercise. Regional Rescue Services o Eastern Uusimaa rescue chief is the incident commander in Finland Fortum Oyj o Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant; the exercise accident plant Ministries o Prime Minister s Office o Ministry for Foreign Affairs o Ministry of the Interior o Ministry of Social Affairs and Health o Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry o Ministry of the Environment Authorities and Institutes o Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority o Meteorological Institute o Food Safety Authority o Transport Safety Agency o Transport Agency o Safety Investigation Authority o National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health Municipalities Regional Rescue Services Public safety Answering Points Police Finnish Defence Forces Border Guard and Customs Health Services Transport Companies Food Industry and Supply Security Energy Companies Public communication of radiation and nuclear safety authorities Media taking part in NB 8 exercise STUK will organise a media service and update simulated net page and deliver press releases. Written material will be in Finnish, in Swedish and in English. Two local media journalists and students in Helsinki university simulate media. Students from Helsinki University simulate also public. There will be web services for public communication. One extranet is for press releases and other material from STUK and other organizations taking part to the exercise. Another extranet will be for simulated journalists who will publish news stories on line. The third extranet is simulating social media and the simulated public will use it as their platform for discussion. All these sites are pass word protected and available for everyone taking part to the exercise. The idea in Finland is that players should follow the media and public discussion and react to it if needed. List of extranet pages and list contact numbers of participating organizations will be sent as separate documents.
Denmark Denmark will participate in The NB8 exercise with the following participants: Danish Emergency Management Agency (DEMA), Ministry of Defence Danish Health and Medicines Authority including the division National Institute of Radiation Protection (NIRP), Ministry of Health and Prevention Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI), Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Building. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Danish Embassy (Helsinki), Danish National Police (Coordinating the Danish crises management organization in the National Operations Staff (NOST) structure) The below mentioned organizations are invited to participate in the exercise on NOST level. o Danish Veterinary and Food Administration o Defense Command o Police Intelligence o Defense Intelligence o Transport Authority o Energy Authority o Center for Cyber Security Sweden Swedish Radiation Protection Authority, SSM. (will participate with full crisis organization) The National Board of Health and Welfare (will act in the counterplay. Their officer on duty will be the contact person when others want to talk to them. They will also send health experts to SSM on demand.) National food agency (will counterplay with one person. Mainly to support SSM) Ministry of the Environment (1 2 persons) Ministry for Foreign Affairs (1 2 persons) The Embassy in Helsinki Iceland Icelandic Radiation Safety Authority (IRSA) Icelandic Met Office Ministry for Foreign Affairs DEMA will participate with the crisis organization including public communication. Practicing the usage of social media channels for crisis communication will be in focus. SIS: probably one person 2(5) SSM will participate with the crisis organization including public communication. In case you need to talk to them in advance you can contact Anneli Hällgren; Anneli.hallgren@ssm.se +46 8 799 4286 SSM will have a web site for publishing information like pressreleases, information to the public and so on in Swedish http://www.stralsakerhetsmyndigheten.se/nb8 IRSA will put updated information (in Icelandic) on its web site, but these news pages will not be published externally. The contents of these pages will however be available to participants in the exercise at: https://www.gr.is/nb_8/ (please note the s in https ) Other types of media are also being considered. There will be no direct involvement of the media.
Norway The Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority (NRPA) The Crisis Committee for Nuclear Preparedness, including its members from: o the Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority (NRPA) o the Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning (DSB), o the Defence Staff, o the National Police Directorate, o the Norwegian Directorate of Health and o the Norwegian Food Safety Authority Some of the advisors to the Crisis Committee, including o the Institute for Energy Technology and o the Norwegian Meteorological Institute The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the NRPA will participate on a large scale; the other organisations will participate with a few individuals. The participants at the exercise from organisations other than the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the NPRA will be asked to have some contact points back home in their own organisations, so that they can engage in topical discussions or clarify available resources. These contact points will not be considered as participants in the exercise. We will use a number of respondents during the exercise, i.e. organisations other than the participants, who will be available for topical discussions and clarification of available resources. These are the Ministry of Health and Care Services and the Ministry of the Environment on a strategic level, the remaining advisors to the Crisis Committee and county governors. We will notify all organisations involved in nuclear and radiological preparedness of the exercise, and ask them to forward any information regarding the exercise through appropriate channels during the exercise, even though they re not participating. Estonia Ministry of Environment o Environmental Board, Radiation Safety Department o Estonian Meteorological and Hydrological Institute o Environmental Inspectorate Ministry of the Interior o Rescue Board o Police and Border Guard Board Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Social Affairs (Health Board) Ministry of Agriculture (Veterinary and Food Board) Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications (AS A.L.A.R.A. radioactive waste management company) The extent of involvement of each organisation depends on the actual scenario of the exercise. 3(5) NRPA s public communication unit will participate in the exercise. The Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning (DSB) and NRPA will during the exercise have discussions on the use of DSB s national pool of information resources and the use of DSB s national crisis information web page (kriseinfo.no). There will be a Norwegian media play during the exercise, with hired journalists asking questions and providing the participants with the opportunity of making public statements, arranging press conferences etc. The media service will publish news stories in Norwegian, based on the Finnish media play, available information and the actions of the Norwegian participants. Yes, public communication of radiation and nuclear safety authorities No, media taking part in
Latvia Radiation Safety Centre of State Environmental Service of Latvia RSC SES (Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development); (extend of participating: SES RSC Early warning group, SES and SES RSC management personnel) State Environmental Service of Latvia SES (Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development); Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development; State Fire and Rescue Service of Latvia (Ministry of the Interior); State Ltd Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre (Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development); Emergency Medical Service (Ministry of the Health); Embassy of Latvia in Finland (Ministry of Foreign Affairs); Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia. Lithuania Lithuanian hydrometeorological service under the Ministry of Environment, Service of Prime minister, Fire and rescue department under the Ministry of Interior, Radiation protection centre under the Ministry of Health, State nuclear power safety inspectorate (VATESI) Ministry of foreign affairs Agency of environment protection under the Ministry of Environment Embassy of Lithuania in Finland 4(5) Yes, We plan to test communication with public involving students of communication studies from 2 universities The public communication group will be activated at VATESI and also at Fire and rescue department as they are the main responsible organisations for providing information to public at national level. Contact number for participating organizations in Lithuania will be as a separate document
EVALUATORS 1.3.2013 Country Evaluators of radiation and nuclear safety authorities Finland STUK: Anne Weltner, anne.weltner@stuk.fi Tel +358 40 765 9681 Denmark DEMA: Helle Karina Aage. hkaa@brs.dk Tel +45 25 21 22 85 SIS: Kresten Breddam, krb@sis.dk Tel: +45 44 34 54 63 Norway Øyvind Gjølme Selnæs, Oyvind.Selnaes@nrpa.no Tel +47 67162674 Sweden SSM: Cecilia Wahlund, Email: Cecilia.Wahlund@ssm.se Tel +46 8 799 4486 Iceland IRSA: Sigurður M. Magnússon, Director; smm@gr.is Tel +354 440 8201 Estonia Teet Koitjärv, Advisor, Environmental Board; Tel +372 612 8802, mobile +372 56476301; teet.koitjarv@keskkonnaamet.ee Latvia Mr. Artis Jurkevics,Project coordinator Radiation Safety Centre of the State Environmental Service of Latvia,Licensing and register division Tel +371 67084207, Fax: +371 67084299, Email: artis.jurkevics@rdc.vvd.gov.lv Lithuania Audrius Pasiskevicius, Chief inspector, Transportation and radiation protection division, VATESI, phone +370 5 2661592, fax: +370 5 2614487. a.pasiskevicius@vatesi.lt 5(5)