Implementation of Emergency Response Training and Skills Improvement for Emergency

In the transport of radioactive materials, proper responses are required to accidents and emergencies, such as an earthquake and tsunami, to prevent the leakage of radioactive materials and always ensure safety no matter what happens.Nuclear Fuel Transport (NFT) was unloading LLW containers from the LLW transport vessel, Seiei-Maru, when the Great East Japan Earthquake struck on 11 March 2011. Although the tsunami hit the port 30 minutes after the warning was issued, the vessel was, for the most part, successfully evacuated out of the port thanks to regular shore leaving training.Since NFT has been providing land and maritime transport of radioactive waste and nuclear materials, we have incorporated a variety of activities to integrate the lessons learned from the earthquake in order to enhance safety against not only natural disasters but also accidents. Here, we provide a description of these activities.