Nuclear power emergency exercise, every two years (KKÖ)
The county administrative board responsible according to the Civil Protection Act (2003:788)
County administrative board responsible for the rescue service required following emissions of radioactive substances and for subsequent decontamination
The County Administrative Board responsibility
Maintain a rescue service plan for incidents involving emissions of radioactive substances
Responsible for issues related to civil protection, in other words public safety, emergency preparedness, and civil defence
Before an emergency occurs, during it and after it, up to the extent for which no other authority has responsibility
Included in this task is support for and a guarantee that exercises are held in this area of responsibility
As part of fulfilling this task intends to organise and manage a SAMÖ-exercise every fourth year
Starting points for the exercise
The Swedish National Audit Office (RiR) report 2007:4
The decision from parliament and the government regarding increase emergency preparedness for nuclear energy incidents
Acts and ordinances, primarily the Civil Protection Act and Ordinance and the Emergency Management and Heightened Alert Ordinance
Vision and action plan, Swedish Preparedness for Radiological and Nuclear Emergencies 2015
Previous lessons learned from SAMÖ and KKÖ
Scope of exercise
Alert
Rescue service
Cooperation between societal actors
Crisis communication
Endurance
Exercise purpose and objective
Overall purpose:SAMÖ-KKÖ 2011 shall provide a picture of and develop societal ability to deal with a crisis caused by a nuclear energy emergency. The exercise covers all societal levels and is directed towards the management of both short and long-term consequences.
Overall objective: Organisations should have the ability to, individually and in cooperation, manage the consequences of the emergency both from a strategic as well as an operational perspective with the purpose of maintaining and restoring critical infrastructure (i.e. vital public services)