The exercise, with a command centre in Poundbury, Dorchester, will test their response to the scenario of a radioactive leak from a submarine with a damaged nuclear reactor core.

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Can you give us an estimate of how much you think this is going to cost in a worst-case scenario, and who is going to bear the cost of that response?

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By contemplating an extreme scenario, the CRI considers the full gamut of response capabilities considered critical to managing a crisis.

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