Under new race directors Mike Kishimoto and Abbey Ehlers, the plan was to bring the Strawberry Shortcut back to Strawberry Days weekend and Father’s Day Sunday which they did for the 45th running.
Sinead Harvey, IAEA Office of Public Information and Communication
IAEA Incident and Emergency System responders participate in an exercise with Finland to simulate a nuclear accident at the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant, Vienna, Austria. (Photo: K. Vargas/IAEA)
When your job is responding to emergencies, then exercises are routine. On 9 December, emergency responders from the IAEA responded to a simulated event at the Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant in Finland. Then, less than 24 hours later, the IAEA’s Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC) was notified that a real event was taking place at the same power plant.
Guenther Winkler was the IAEA’s on-call Emergency Response Manager that day. “I spent a few seconds thinking it was a mistake, but Finland was clear in their message that this was no longer part of the exercise.”
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From Exercise to Reality: IAEA, Finland Respond to Nuclear Power Plant Event One Day After Emergency Exercise
When your job is responding to emergencies, then exercises are routine. On 9 December, emergency responders from the IAEA responded to a simulated event at the Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant in Finland. Then, less than 24 hours later, the IAEA’s Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC) was notified that a real event was taking place at the same power plant.
Guenther Winkler was the IAEA’s on-call Emergency Response Manager that day. “I spent a few seconds thinking it was a mistake, but Finland was clear in their message that this was no longer part of the exercise.”