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5.2 REVIEW OF PREPAREDNESS FOR apprise the respective local administrators
EMERGENCY AT NPP SITES /governments of the same, so that there is
complete preparedness for responding to any
AERB reviews the preparedness through emergencies, should a need arises. NPPs
review of EPR plans of the licensee, conduct of continued to carry out the emergency exercises.
regulatory inspection and observation of Plant Emergency Exercise (PEE) and Site
emergency exercise following a graded approach. Emergency Exercise (SEE) were carried out as per
AERB conducts regulatory inspections to check schedule. Off-Site Emergency Exercise (OSEE)
the emergency preparedness at all NPPs. During could not be conducted due to the restrictions
the year 2020, AERB ofcials could not participate imposed on movement and involvement of
as observer in emergency exercises (since March, relevant Stakeholders from the public domain
2020 onwards) due to travel restrictions imposed considering COVID-19 preventive measures.
consequent to COVID-19 pandemic preventive However, AERB advised NPPs to continue
measures; however exercises were reviewed testing their preparedness for OSEEs through
based on reports submitted by the facilities conduct of Table-Top (TT) exercises.
subsequent to completion of the exercises.
PEE and SEE are conducted by Stations with
At the early phase of the lockdown, AERB the frequencies once in every quarter and once in
advised the Operator and the NPP Stations to a year respectively. Currently, OSEEs are carried
revisit their respective EPR Plans to identify the out with a frequency of once in two years. The
need of augmentation of any additional resources number of SEE and OSEE conducted at various
/ change in the preparedness and response plans NPP Sites in 2020 are listed in Table 5.1.
considering the COVID-19 situation as well as to

The frequency for conduct of various emergency exercises in NPP is as follows:

Plant Site Off-Site
Emergency Emergency Emergency
Exercise Exercise Exercise
Once in a Once in a Once in
Quarter Year Two Year

Table 5.1: Site and Off-site Emergency Exercises at NPP (2020)

OSEE OSEE
NPP Sites SEE
(Table-Top) (ICCR)

Tarapur 1 1 0

Rawatbhata 1 - 1
Kalpakkam 1 - -

Narora 1 1 0

Kakrapar 1 1 1
Kaiga 1 - 1

Kudankulam 1 1 0
Total 7 4 3

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