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4.1.1. Postmortem Analysis: First Responders
Amidst the Catastrophe, the Planned Scheme Was Evaporating
―Disaster response is merely the continuation of war by other means-
TEPCO: Absence of Key Incident Commanders (ICs)
Chairman (in China, retuned to TEPCO HQ on 12th at 16:00),
and President (in Nara, on 12th at 09:00);
Obscure incident command system (ICS)
Governments: Serious Damage to the Off-site Center and Key Infrastructure
Ill-trained ICs (NISA) and Incompetent Advisors (NSC),
Obscure ICS and Prime Minister's Direct Intervention
Neglecting the Danger of Mobile Phone and Radio Communications
At the time of the 3/11
Crisis, the
government's pre-crisis
plan proved to be
based on a sandy
foundation (obscure
ICS) with optimistic
scenarios, leading to
the establishment of ad
hoc crisis management
scheme
Kantei (Prime Minister's Office)
Emergency Disaster
Response Headquarters
Director-General: Prime Minister
Nuclear Emergency
Response Headquarters
Director-General: Prime Minister
support
Emergency Response Office
in the Prime Minister's Office
(Emergency Operations Team)
Crisis Management Center
support
Cabinet Office
report
report
NISA ERC
Secretariat of
Emergency Disaster
Response Headquarters
Secretariat
the Nuclear Emergency
Response Headquaters
advice
Dispatch of members.
advice
Nuclear Safety
Commission
Source: NAIIC, Final Report, Figure 3.2.1-1
Delegation
of authority
Instructions
Dispatch of
personnel
Off-site Center
Local Nuclear Emergency
Response Headquarters
Prefectural Nuclear
Emergency Response
Headquarters
Joint Council for
Nuclear Emergency
Response
Municipal Headquarters
for Disaster Control
Instruction
Direction/
Supervision
Request, etc.
Dispatch of
personnel
Nuclear operators/
relevant organizations, etc.
Prefectural Headquarters
for Disaster Control
Jun KURIHARA, Canon Institute for Global Studies (CIGS)View entire presentation