Assuming a serious nuclear accident First evacuation drill Ibaraki Hitachi November 4, 14:47
The first evacuation drill was conducted in Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture, which is located within 30 km from the Tokai Daini Nuclear Power Plant, assuming a serious nuclear accident.
The training on the 4th was carried out on the assumption that the water level of the spent fuel pool at Tokai Daini Nuclear Power Plant would drop and radioactive materials might leak out. Hitachi citizens and city staff living within 5 kilometers from the nuclear power plant, Approximately 520 people participated, including fire departments and police.
A disaster response headquarters was set up at the city hall, and we heard the outline of the accident from the Japanese nuclear power generation of the company, and confirmed the procedures for calling residents to evacuate using disaster prevention radio.
Citizens gathered at a designated meeting place by car or on foot, of which about 40 people boarded the bus at Omika Elementary School and moved to the city hall that was designated as an evacuation center.
In addition, at the local exchange center, the city officials evacuate people on wheelchairs and stretchers to evacuation facilities with welfare vehicles, assuming the evacuation of persons with disabilities and the elderly, and confirm the operation of equipment that makes it difficult for outside air to enter It was a.
Hitachi City will reflect the issues identified in the 4th day of training in the wide-area evacuation plan to be formulated in the future.
A 70-year-old woman who participated said, “I think it is necessary to do such training for emergencies, but I felt a little anxious because I thought it would not go so smoothly,” It was.