Annual report of Nuclear Emergency Assistance and Training Center (FY 2020 and Previous 20 Years)

Nuclear Emergency Assistance and Training Center

Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) is one of the designated public corporations, dealing with emergency situations in cooperation with the Japanese government under the Disaster Countermeasures Basic Act and under the Armed Attack Situation Response Law. JAEA provides technical assistances to the government in case of nuclear or radiological emergencies. JAEA has prepared the Nuclear Emergency Support Measures Regulation, Disaster Prevention Work Plan and Civil Protection Work Plan. Nuclear Emergency Assistance and Training Center (NEAT) is the main center of the technical assistance in case of emergency, and dispatches experts, supplies equipment and materials and gives technical advice to the government. Moreover, NEAT provides the technical exercises and training courses concerning the nuclear emergency preparedness and response to emergency responders. This report introduces the results of activities in FY 2020, during the third medium and long-term plan from FY 2015 to 2021 as Chapter 1. Chapter 2 summarizes activities in 20 years since FY 1999.