Annual report of Nuclear Emergency Assistance and Training Center (April 1, 2006 - March 31, 2008)

Nuclear Emergency Assistance and Training Center

When a nuclear emergency occurs in Japan, JAEA provides technical support to the National government, local governments, police, fire station and license holder etc. They are Designated Public Organizations conforming to the Basic Law on Emergency Preparedness and the Basic Plan for Disaster Countermeasures. The Nuclear Emergency Assistance & Training Center (NEAT) of JAEA provides a comprehensive range of technical support activities to an off-site center in case of a nuclear emergency. Specifically, NEAT gives technical advice and information, provides for the dispatch of specialist as required, supplies emergency equipments and materials to the Joint Council of Nuclear Disaster Countermeasures, which meets at the off-site center. This annual report summarized the activities of JAEA/NEAT in the fiscal year 2006 and 2007.