Review of Accident Management Programme and Emergency Operating Procedures

Guidelines for the review of accident management programmes in NPPs

The RAMP module provides advice and assistance at the utility/NPP level for effective plant specific Accident Management

Three options are available to Member States:
  • A seminar on accident management (Pre-RAMP), to include: plant behavior during accidents; severe accident phenomenology; principles of accident management; approaches and their features; development phases and tasks.
  • The Review of Safety Analysis for Accident Management (RAAAM), to include: selection of accident sequences; selection of analytical tools; analysis of accidents without operator actions; analysis of preventive and mitigative accident management measures; quality assurance in accident analysis.
  • The Review of Accident Management Programme (RAMP), to include: selection and definition of AMP; safety analysis for AMP; assessment of plant vulnerabilities; development of strategies; evaluation of equipment performance; development of procedures and guidelines; verification and validation of procedures and guidelines; integration between AMP and emergency plans; staffing and qualification; training needs; AMP revisions.

 

The RAMP review service is conducted in accordance with specific guidelines.
 
 
Programme (AMP) preparation, development and implementation. This module is to provide a peer reviewon the completeness and adequacy of plant specific Emergency Operating Procedures (EOPs) as well as the plant accident management programme performed in Member States. The RAMP module allows for a tailored approach depending on the current development of the accident management.

 

A RAMP Mission is usually conducted in three steps:
  • PRE - RAMP Mission, with the objective of presenting the beneficiary organizations the international best practices in the development and implementation of an Accident Management Programme (AMP) for a NPP
  • The Mission - with the objective of evaluating the AMP arrangements for the beneficiary NPP and provide recommendations for improvements
  • Final Experts Meeting - with the objective of compiling conclusions and recommendations and agree on the Mission Report
  • Followup Mission - with the objective of evaluating the AMP implementation and safety improvements resulted from the implementation of RAMP Mission recommendations.

Status of reviews:
 
 

Mission
Type

Member
State

Year

Service

Pre-RAMP

Pakistan

2004

Kanupp NPP: Emergency control center

Russia:
Workshops

2006

Workshops: Severe accident phenomena, analysis & AMPs, & computer code training (MELCOR, ASTEC, RELAP5)
Expert mission: Development plan & AMP development

China, Pakistan:
Expert mission

Ukraine: Workshops

2007

Romania: Expert mission

RAAAM

China

2006

Bine: Review analysis results of severe accident in Chinese PWRs

2007

RAMP

Slovenia

2001

Krsko: Review the first SAMGs

Pakistan

2007

Kanupp: Review post-accident monitoring instrumentation

Lithuania

2007

Ignalina: Review SAMGs for RBMK reactors

Mexico

2012

Review the first SAMGs

2013