European Platform on preparedness for nuclear and radiological emergency response and recovery
The mission of the NERIS Platform is to establish a forum for dialogue and methodological development between all European organisations and associations taking part in decision making of protective actions in nuclear and radiological emergencies and recovery in Europe.
The first workshop of the Eurpean Project CONFIDENCE will be held in Dublin the 23rd and 24th April 2018, just before the 4th NERIS Workshop.
Please note that on 25th April (9:30-12:30), the two European projects CONFIDENCE and TERRITORIES will organise a joint meeting to deal with the longer term consequences of an emergency and so share the results of their ongoing research works.
For further information (registration, agenda, venue, etc.) please visit the CONFIDENCE Website.
The nineth NERIS General Assembly will be held on Wednesday, April 25, 2018 from 13.30 to 17.00 at the occasion of the NERIS Workshop 2018 in Dublin (Ireland) The meeting will be held at the Dublin Castle.
During this Assembly, we will review the on-going activities of the NERIS Platform and we will discuss its perspectives, notably with international organisations and experts.
The overall goal of a SRA is to provide basis for priorities regarding future research & development needs. It is an instrument for creating synergies, co-operation and coordination internally between the NERIS participants and externally with activities taking place within the European Joint Programming for Radiation Protection Research and within other international forums.
The new version of the NERIS SRA has been elaborated during these last 18 months by the NERIS R&D Committee and the NERIS Management Board. Also, consultations with the NERIS Stakeholders have been made during the last NERIS Workshop in Lisbon notably.
In the framework of CONCERT WP2, NERIS, as other European research platforms, prepared its roadmap with a long-term view and aiming to identify research priorities in emergency and recovery issues. This roadmap also contributes to explore joint interests for multidisciplinary and synergistic research between all research Platforms in radiation protection.
The development of this roadmap is based on two scenarios with societal concern related to NERIS issues:
Facing the consequences of a nuclear or radiological major accident or incident: how to optimize society’s preparedness, and short term/long term response?
Facing the threat of a radiological terrorist act: How to minimize consequences?
The NERIS roadmap has been elaborated by identifying research priorities in a long-term goal (0-5 years, 6-10 years, > 10 years) and in line with the updated NERIS SRA.
This document has been elaborated by the NERIS R&D Committee and the NERIS Management Board during last year. A dedicated consultation meeting, gathering all NERIS stakeholders was held last September in Brussels and allowed to finalize this first version of the document.
You can download the first version of the NERIS Roadmap here.
The 14th issue of the NERIS Newsletter is now available. This edition provides some feedbacks from recent events as the 3rd NERIS Worskshop as well as the 4th ICRP Symposium and the 2nd ERPW17.
The 3rd NERIS Workshop, organised in cooperation with the Institut Superior Tecnico and the Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente, has covered the State of the art and Needs for further research for emergency and recovery preparedness and response.
The NERIS Workshop 2017 has provided an opportunity to discuss and exchange with NERIS Members, International organisations and European Research communities on priorities for the NERIS Platform.
The proceedings of this Workshop are now available and can be downloaded here.
The 3rd NERIS Workshop, organised in cooperation with the Institut Superior Tecnico and the Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente, has covered the State of the art and Needs for further research for emergency and recovery preparedness and response.