Public Announcement regarding FY2025 Nuclear Disaster Prevention Drill（Part 7）【English,Chinese,Korean,Vietnamese】

This is a drill.

At 10:00 am, the failure and shutdown of the emergency diesel generator of the Sendai
Nuclear Power Station Unit 2 reactor has made injection of water from the Emergency
Core Cooling System (ECCS) impossible.

This notification is pursuant to Article 15 of the Act on Special Measures Concerning
Nuclear Emergency Preparedness, as well as the triggering of the General Emergency
classification level of the Nuclear Emergency Response Guideline.

Subsequently, at 10:10 AM, the Prime Minister issued a Declaration of a Nuclear
Emergency Situation.
Concurrently, instructions regarding protective measures were issued.
The instructions are as follows:

1. Residents in the PAZ should receive the distributed dose of stable iodine and
evacuate as soon as evacuation preparations are completed. However, those
who risk increased health concerns by evacuating should continue to shelter
indoors with their caregivers until they can evacuate safely.

2. Residents in the UPZ should shelter indoors. However, if it is difficult to shelter
indoors at your residence due to damage from the earthquake etc., please
shelter indoors at the nearest safe designated evacuation shelter

3. Residents and visitors within the PAZ and UPZ should continue to pay attention to
information from disaster announcement systems, radio, TV, etc.

When instructed to [Evacuate] or [Shelter Indoors], please note the following points:
1. When instructed to [Evacuate]
①Wear a mask or cover your mouth and nose with a towel or handkerchief to
prevent inhalation of radioactive substances.
②If you have a personal vehicle, evacuate by means of your personal vehicle
to the designated evacuation shelter.
③If you do not have access to a personal vehicle, please ride with neighbors
when possible, or proceed to the designated temporary assembly site and
evacuate by bus, etc.
④When proceeding to the evacuation shelter, please take the designated
evacuation route as instructed by your local city or town government.

2. When instructed to [Shelter Indoors]
①If you are outdoors, promptly return inside your residence, workplace, or
nearest public facility. If it is difficult to shelter indoors at your residence due to
damage from the earthquake etc., please shelter indoors at the nearest safe
designated evacuation shelter.
②When sheltering indoors, prioritize avoiding exposure to radioactive
substances from outside and do not ventilate indoor spaces.
③Refrain from going outside.
④If you were outdoors, change your clothes, wash your face, hands, and feet,
and gargle. Place the clothes you had worn outside into a plastic bag and close
it tightly.

We will keep you informed as necessary, so please pay attention to information via disaster
prevention wireless broadcasts, radio, TV, emergency alert emails, Kagoshima Prefecture’s
Genshiryoku Bousai app, etc., and please calmly follow the instructions of your local
municipal government.

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