A drill on radiation and nuclear accident response took place on April 19 in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong’s Da Lat city, which is home to a nuclear reactor.
Lam Dong (VNA) – A drill on radiation and nuclear accidentresponse took place on April 19 in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong’sDa Lat city, which is home to a nuclear reactor.
The exercise drew the participation of 60 personnel from theprovincial steering committee for radiation and nuclear accident response, the Departmentof Science and Technology, the Da Lat Nuclear Research Institute, the Departmentof Health, and local police.
The simulation involved workers of a scrap collectionfacility, who received a batch of material waste and found a strange-looking cylinderbottle. They opened the bottle, which bore a symbol of a three-blade fan, andfound a stainless steel bar and some powder inside. The workers carelesslythrew them to one side on the ground without alerting any higher authorities.
The owner of the facility discovered the incident half anhour later. Suspecting that the bottle contained a source of radiation, heimmediately asked all workers to leave and called the police. The case was thenreported to the steering committee, which contacted the institute and relevantforces for coordination to handle the incidents.
The forces blocked off the site, put those who weresuspected being exposed to the radioactive source in quarantine, brought anyvictims out and away from the scene, as well as collected information andsamples so as to assess the situation and serve further investigation. Afterthree hours, their work was completed in line with the standard procedure.
Pham S, Vice Chairman of the Lam Dong People’s Committee andhead of the steering committee, said a similar drill was first held in 2018,which concerned the transport of radioactive sources.
Statistics showed as of the end of last year Lam Dong washome to 1,061 radioactive sources and 19 radiation devices. –VNA
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Scene at the drill (Photo: VNA) 
