1. Community Radiation Information Project Russia-US Sweden, 2008

2. Emergency Public Information - Training course+
Computer Exerciser

3. Enhance communication skills and knowedge of
Computer Exerciser
For “telephone hot line” operators in case of low risk - high reaction situations
Scenarios of hypothetical radiation accidents:
INES 0
INES 3
INES 4
Enhance communication skills and knowedge of
radiation risk basics

4. Typical questions of journalists and members of the public in
34 dialogues
47 self-checking tasks
Dialogue between hot line operator and journalist

5. Planning Public Communication in a Radiation Emergency or Event Perceived by the Public as Radiation Emergency

6. Activities
Information exercise in a pilot region to test existing EPI-system
Recommendations on public communications planning
Training for the EPI personnel in the pilot region

7. Pilot region The Chelyabinsk region
Radiation issues remain topical because of current activity and past radiation accidents at the industrial complex “Mayak”
The regional government appreciates the need to improve EPI-arrangements
Specific institution at the regional government– the Ministry of Radiation and Environment Safety - is entrusted with EPI activities

8. EPI Exercise Chelyabinsk City - 21 May , 2008
Working groups answering typical questions of journalists on behalf of
the regional EMERCOM
the Governor

9. Recommendations to the regional authorities
Arrangements for EPI preparedness for a nuclear / radiological emergency
Institutionalize EPI-team under the Ministry of Radiation and Environment Safety
EPI-team must include specialists
Authorize the EPI-team to develop and test message maps for the most probable scenarios
Train and exercise the EPI-team regularly
Involve press-services of Mayak and EMERCOM in EPI exercises

10. Far East - Nuclear Technologies and Environment
Industrial North
Industrial Urals

11. Far East - Nuclear Technologies and Environment - Products
Supplementary information is attached
Russian: pdf copies
English: pdf copies