2022 Volume 21 Issue 2 Pages 71-81
There are several external support facilities that support personnel, materials, and equipment for any nuclear power plant in the world. In Japan, using the lessons of the Fukushima Daiichi accident, the Mihama Nuclear Emergency Assistance Center was established in 2016 to support a nuclear power plant by supplying materials and equipment such as remote-control robots. The purpose of this paper is to summarize the support contents of external support facilities worldwide and compare the contents used at the Mihama Nuclear Emergency Assistance Center, National SAFER Response Center in the USA, Force d’Action Rapide du Nucleaire in France, and Kemtechnische Hilfsdienst GmbH in Germany. There are roughly two types of external support facility. One type of facility supports remote control materials and equipment. The other type of facility supports alternative power supplies and cooling equipment for severe accidents. In addition to these materials and equipment, some external support facilities support radiation control and protection materials. Moreover, this paper summarizes and compares the ways of transporting materials and equipment among external support facilities since the variety of transportation is important to the effectiveness of the support.
