IAEA Emergency Preparedness and

Response Information Management

system (EPRIMS)

Joint IAEA-KINS Regional Network Meeting on Radiation

Safety and Emergency Preparedness and Response

25 – 29 June 2018, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Incident and Emergency Centre , IAEA

Contents

• Introduction

• What is EPRIMS?

• Purpose of EPRIMS

– Self-assessment

– Improving international EPR

– Supporting TC Programme

Nuclear and radiological

emergencies are complex

Information is key for

adequate preparedness and

effective response

EPRIMS fills the gap on EPR

• There was no single point of

reference for EPR

• RASIMS TSA5 was not enough

– Limited to TC MS

– Coordinator was not EPR expert

EPRIMS

https://iec.iaea.org/eprims

Emergency Preparedness and Response Information Management System

EPRIMS

What is EPRIMS?

A web-based knowledge management tool:

• A database of information about a country’s arrangements

and systems for managing nuclear and radiological

emergencies

• Emergency preparedness and response self-assessment tool

(required for EPREV, Emergency Preparedness Review)

• Nuclear reactor technical information (RTI) database

• EPRIMS also replaces TSA5 of RASIMS

EPRIMS responds to

• HarmonizationKnowing about other countries’ EPR arrangements helps harmonization

• Global understanding

Sharing information on issues and challenges promotes a global understanding

• Enhance national capabilities

Sharing knowledge on solutions helps enhance national capabilities

• Better prognosis and assessment

Sharing data on reactor designs helps the prognosis and assessment during emergencies

(The RTI is used by IEC in the Assessment Tools)

It is One-Stop-Shop for EPR

• MS EPR in one place

• Standardized across MS (TC, non-TC)

• Advanced information management

• Comprehensive sharing of information

• Users are EPR experts coming from

– NCA in MS

– IEC at IAEA

Initial design process 2013 -2015

EPRIMS launch

• In Sept 2015

• During the IAEA General Conference

Implementation

• Note Verbal

– Sent to MS in Nov 2015

– To ensure regular self-assessments

– To nominate National Coordinators

• Quarterly webinars for users

• EPRIMS implementation required for EPREV

• EPRIMS implementation became input to

TC activities on EPR

Your experience?

• Have you heard about EPRIMS?

• Do you have personal experience?

It was time for revision

• Consultancy in May 2017

• Suggested:

– Bug fixes

– New features

– Improved UI

• 130 items in total

Development of next EPRIMS

• From suggestions

• And mock-ups

• To code

• Q4 2017 – Q2 2018

• EPRIMS 2.0 to be

lanuched soon

Key upgrades

• Country Profile – NEW FEATURE

• Improved Home Page

• Reorganized menu

• Streamlined Self-Assessment

– Simplified data entry

– Improved reading mode

– Deemphasized PIs

– Module export for editing

Country Profile

Country Profile

• Summary of EPR

• Includes data from

other IAEA systems

• Visible to all

EPRIMS users

Self-assesment in EPRIMS

Allows member states to measure themselves

against the IAEA safety standards

– The self-assessment is performed in detail,

according to GSR Part 7 and its Emergency

Preparedness Categories

– General requirements (4)

Functional requirements (14)

Requirements for infrastucture (7)

My Country Self-Assessment

Module 1

• The emergency management system

Module 2

• Roles and responsibilities in emergency preparedness and response

…

• …

Module 26

• Quality management programme for emergency preparedness and response

Requirement 1

• The emergency management system

Requirement 2

• Roles and responsibilities in emergency preparedness and response

…

• …

Requirement 26

• Quality management programme for emergency preparedness and response

EPRIMS GSR Part 7

Performing Self-Assessment

Why the Self-Assessment?

• Self-assessment is a method to determine

where improvements are needed in order to

meet IAEA safety standards

• Results used for decision on holding or

postponing the EPREV mission

• The process itself increases awareness of

the current EPR arrangements and systems

in the country

• INEX 5 Exercise in March 2016

• 1 event but 3 different protective actions by

3 Member States

Transboundary emergency

Enhancing preparedness and response

through EPRIMS:

- harmonization of arrangements during

preparedness stage

- using RTI and other information in

EPRIMS during response to a nuclear or

radiological emergency

Relevance of EPRIMS

EPRIMS & International Cooperation

Cooperation between MS can be based upon

information in EPRIMS:

• EPR arrangements and

• Relevant documents:

– national plans

– operational procedures

EPRIMS & National EPR

• Overview of the EPR arrangements of

similar, comparable countries

– information for planning, good practices,

solutions

• RTI for understanding the emergency in

another state during the response

EPRIMS facilitates

• Building trust and understanding between

Member States

• Coordinated and consistent response to

relevant nuclear or radiological emergencies

The IAEA TC Programme

IAEA Statue, Article II

“The Agency shall seek to accelerate and

enlarge the contribution of atomic energy to

peace, health and prosperity throughout the

world. It shall ensure, so far as it is able, that

assistance provided by it or at its request or

under its supervision or control is not used in

such a way as to further any military

purpose.”

TC Programme Delivery

LATIN

AMERICA

EUROPE ASIA AND THE

PACIFIC

AFRICA

TC Programme Services

TC Programme aims to support

sustainable socioeconomic

development in Member States

Capacity building

Networking

Knowledge sharing

Partnership building

Technical Cooperation

(TC) Projects

Training fellowships

& scientific visits

Training courses &

workshops

Expert

assistance

Conferences,

symposia &

seminarsEquipment &

materials

TC Project Cycle

Reference on RASIMS

What is RASIMS?

• An IAEA web-based platform

• Member States and IAEA to jointly collect, analyze and view information regarding the national infrastructure for radiation and waste safety.

• The IAEA, through TC Programme, is helpingMember States to establish and sustain theirRadiation Safety Infrastructure according tothe Radiation Safety Standards.

Thematic Safety Areas (TSAs)

• To address the complexity of this task, seven

key areas, known as Thematic Safety Areas

(TSAs), have been identified

• TSA1- TSA7

Emergency Preparedness and

Response (TSA 5) = EPRIMS

TSA5 and role of EPRIMS

The TSA5 has been replaced by EPRIMS

RASIMS EPRIMS

Role of EPRIMS in TC

One of the roles of EPRIMS is to support Technical

Cooperation Programme

Programme Planning

Programme Implementation

Programme Review

EPRIMS Self-assessment information

Input

EPRIMS Self-assessment information

Input

EPRIMS Self-assessment information

Input

Update

Update

Summary

• EPRIMS uniquely supports EPR by

– Facilitating self-assessment

– Encouraging information sharing

– Supporting TC Programme

• However, its potential depends on users!

• New version coming soon

Thank you!