This Thursday morning, a crisis cell (a departmental operational center, or COD) will be in full swing in the Cher prefecture, faced with a disaster scenario: a nuclear accident, obviously fictitious, which occurred this Wednesday morning, on the site of the BA 702 air base in Avord, east of Bourges.As soon as the information is known, some 2,000 people must put themselves in an absolute emergency situation, each at their own level.Because "the accident" threatens not only all the personnel present on the base, but also the population of the three municipalities where the 702 extends, namely Avord, Farges-en-Septaine and Savigny-en-Septaine.Nearly 5,000 souls in total.To prepare for a possible nuclear accident, the Avord base is planning a simulation exercise on June 8 and 9The Avord base, the second largest in France, is indeed a crucial link in the national nuclear deterrence strategy.As such, nuclear charges are stored there.It is therefore essential to prepare for any eventuality.Hence these tests carried out every five years, according to simulations held "top secret" until the very last moment.The aim is, of course, to instil in all those concerned the right reflexes in the face of extreme situations.It is also a capital exercise for all those involved, military and civilian, in the decision-making chain activated at the first sound of the siren triggered on BA 702. This is why all the links in this chain are represented within the famous code.With the mission of receiving, compiling, then analyzing and sorting as quickly as possible the information that reaches them from the places and surroundings of the drama.Then coordinate the actions on the ground as accurately as possible.Staff from the Cher prefecture therefore lead this crisis unit since it is up to the prefect and him alone to activate it “for real”.Alongside them are the Air Force authorities, soldiers from the Cher departmental gendarmerie group, firefighters from Sdis 18, representatives of the Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN), the Regional Health Agency (ARS), the services of the public prosecutor of Bourges, without forgetting the elected representatives of the territories involved.In such a case, a containment of these areas is immediately decreed.Schoolchildren and college students, for example, all remain in their respective classrooms with carefully closed windows.The populations, sealed off at home, have a formal ban on consuming fruits and vegetables from their gardens, as well as tap water.In reality, the residents of Avord and the surrounding area were not obliged to comply with all these constraints.Only gendarmerie roadblocks, for control purposes, have been erected.You can email this article to your friends.Be the first to comment on this article10 places to win!Play and win your meeting with Michel BUSSIHelp us improve our site by answering our questionnaire.