The first NERIS Platform Workshop on "Preparedness for Nuclear and Radiological Emergency Response and Recovery: Implementation of the ICRP Recommendations" will be organised in Bratislava, Slovak Republic between the 6th and 8th of February 2012.

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The third issue has been released: Neris NEWSLETTER 3_December 2011

A NERIS RTD Workshop has been organised to address new and emerging challenges and research needs in the field of preparedness for nuclear and radiological emergency response and recovery (including discussions on the first lessons learnt from the Fukushima accident).

This RTD Workshop took place on the 23rd of September 2011 in the SCK.CEN facilities in Brussels (Belgium).

Presentations made during the meeting:

Introduction by the NERIS President

Perspectives regarding the EC Framework Programme

CRPPH Expert Group

The minutes of the meeting: Minutes_RTDWorkshop

During the International Conference on Radioecology and Environmental Radioactivity, one session dealt with 'Emergency preparedness, rehabilitation and management'. Some of the papers presented during the conference are downloadable at the following link:

http://www.radioprotection.org/index.php?option=com_toc&url=/articles/radiopro/abs/2011/06/contents/contents.html

For more information on the situation in Japan, please visit the Japan Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency website - http://www.nisa.meti.go.jp/english/ - and the IAEA website - http://www.iaea.org/

A special issue about the key results of the EURANOS European project (2004-2009) has been released and is now on-line on the Radioprotection website:

http://www.radioprotection.org/index.php?option=com_toc&url=/articles/radiopro/abs/2010/05/contents/contents.html

The ICRP publication 111 on ‘Application of the Commission’s Recommendations to the Protection of People Living in Long-term Accident or a Radiation Emergency’ has been released. The full publication is available on http://www.icrp.org/annals_list.asp

Please find hereafter a presentation (1) of the publication and the abstract (2).

1) Presentation: Presentation Pub-111

2) Abstract – In this report, the Commission provides guidance for the protection of people living in long-term contaminated areas resulting from either a nuclear accident or a radiation emergency. The report considers the effects of such events on the affected population. This includes the pathways of human exposure, the types of exposed populations, and the characteristics of exposures. Although the focus is on radiation protection considerations, the report also recognises the complexity of post-accident situations, which cannot be managed without addressing all the affected domains of daily life, i.e. environmental, health, economic, social, psychological, cultural, ethical, political, etc.

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During the 3^rd European IRPA Congress organised between the 14^th and 18^th of June 2010 in Helsinki, one session dealt with “nuclear and radiological emergencies and incidents ». The papers are downloadable at the following links:

Full papers of oral presentations - http://www.irpa2010europe.com/proceedings/S10.htm

Full papers of poster presentations - http://www.irpa2010europe.com/proceedings/P10.htm