The scenario is as follows: the crash of a plane on the site of the power plant. The accident took place at the pumping station, with a shutdown of reactors 3 and 4. The building of production unit number 4 is cracked following the crash and the cooling circuit cut off. This exercise should last until mid-afternoon, this Thursday, November 28. It should make it possible to test the responsiveness and organization of firefighters, police, prefecture services and hospitals. A school and a public building also participate in this simulation. The population within a 20 km radius around the nuclear power plant must also receive a FR-Alert message on his cell phone.
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12h10. Around ten people who were at the Rabelais social center, in Pierrelatte, were evacuated and transferred to the gymnasium (also in Pierrelatte) where their radioactivity levels were tested.
Louise Joyeux
11:00 a.m. Firefighters, civil security and the Institute of Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety are set up in the Pierrelatte gymnasium. They are preparing to welcome the evacuated public, and to simulate radioactivity tests.
Louise Joyeux
10h40. The simulation predicts the closure of the A7 motorway and the cutting of the railway line (fictitious).
10h30. The FR-Alert message has just been sent to the cell phones of people present in the area.
Louise Joyeux
10h10. A recorded announcement is broadcast via the loudspeakers of the Blaches elementary school in Pierrelatte, which is integrated into the system for this exercise. The message invites each teacher to follow the containment procedures posted in the classroom.
Louise Joyeux
Around 8:30 a.m. Only the sirens of the site and those 2 km surrounding had sounded. The call machines have been triggered.
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