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Busan Metropolitan City Hosts the 2025 Comprehensive Review Workshop for Radiological Emergency Preparedness Training

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Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Heong-joon) announced that it will host the “2025 Comprehensive Review Workshop for Radiological Emergency Preparedness Training” today (December 9) at 2 p.m. at the Convention Hall of the Busan City Hotel.

A total of 100 training representatives from 24 organizations will attend the workshop, including 16 basic local governments, the fire and police authorities, local military units, the Kori Regional Office of the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission, and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. Kori Nuclear Power Division.

The city has worked closely with district and county governments as well as regional partner organizations every year to strengthen preparedness for radiological emergencies. This year, the city placed particular emphasis on establishing a practical response system through the sharing of training experiences and improvement measures among agencies.

The workshop consists of two sessions. The first session will present a comprehensive review of the “2025 Busan Metropolitan City Radiological Emergency Preparedness Training,” the results of the metropolitan-level environmental radiation detection exercise, and an analysis of training outcomes from basic local governments such as Gijang-gun and Dongnae-gu. In particular, participants will discuss effective improvement measures based on quantitative evaluation data identified by each institution.

In 2025, a total of ten specialized training sessions focused on resident protection measures were conducted under the supervision of district and county governments, with more than 30 agencies and approximately 2,100 participants taking part.

In the second session, the city will outline the basic direction of the “2026 Busan Radiological Emergency Joint Training” (hereinafter “Joint Training”) and collect feedback from major organizations to enhance the overall quality of the exercise.

Joint Training is a large-scale exercise organized by metropolitan governments that host nuclear power plants. More than 40 institutions, including the city’s 16 basic local governments, the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission, and the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, will participate. Depending on the radiological emergency level, participating agencies will conduct multiple training tasks simultaneously based on the disaster response manual, such as operating the Radiological Emergency Response Headquarters, issuing radiological emergency alerts, evacuating residents, and managing shelters for evacuees.

For the 2026 Joint Training, over 4,000 participants from 45 agencies, including the city and 16 district and county governments, are expected to take part. The city aims to enhance the completeness of the program by conducting citizen-participatory, hands-on exercises.

Through this workshop, Busan Metropolitan City plans to listen to on-site difficulties raised by training representatives and refine its training system to strengthen both practicality and field applicability based on analytical data submitted by each organization. These efforts are intended to elevate the city’s radiological emergency response capabilities to the next level.

Kim Ki-hwan, Assistant Mayor of the Public Safety Office, stated, “Throughout this year, we have continued to work with regional partner organizations to strengthen our training and response systems with ‘ensuring the highest level of citizen safety’ as our foremost priority,” adding, “We hope this workshop will help consolidate the collective efforts of all participating organizations and further reinforce Busan’s disaster response capabilities.”