{"id":796132,"date":"2026-10-08T17:04:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T17:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/796132\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T17:04:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T17:04:22","slug":"radiation-response-exercise-to-take-place-in-felixstowe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/796132\/","title":{"rendered":"Radiation response exercise to take place in Felixstowe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The large-scale training demonstration is taking place at Brackenbury Sports Centre in Felixstowe and will run from 9am until 5pm on Tuesday.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It will bring together emergency services and partner organisations to test how they would respond to a radiological incident, including the operation of decontamination facilities.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Locals are being urged not to be alarmed by the activity, with organisers stressing that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eadt.co.uk\/news\/26586319.suffolk-radiation-emergency-exercise-planned-felixstowe\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">exercise is only a training demonstration<\/a> and not a real emergency.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  No radioactive materials will be used, there is no risk to the public and no action is required.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>It will take place at Brackenbury Sports Centre (Image: Archant)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  People in the area may notice emergency service vehicles, partner agency personnel, temporary structures and staff wearing protective clothing as part of the exercise.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Temporary traffic management measures are also in place.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Quintons Lane has been closed at its junction with High Road East, while temporary traffic signals are operating outside the sports centre.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The cycle lane on High Road East has been suspended, with pedestrians directed by signage and cyclists asked to dismount while passing through the area.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The exercise forms part of regular training coordinated by the Suffolk Resilience Forum to ensure agencies are prepared to work together effectively should a real radiological incident ever occur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The large-scale training demonstration is taking place at Brackenbury Sports Centre in Felixstowe and will run from 9am&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":796133,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[6647,102,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-796132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/796133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}