CEPN is a non-profit organisation created in 1976 to establish a research and development centre in the fields of optimisation of radiological protection and comparison of health and environmental risks associated with energy systems.
The studies are undertaken by a group of a dozen engineers and economists. The research programme is evaluated by a Scientific Council.
The association currently has three members: the French public electricity generating utility (EDF), the Institute of Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) and the French Alternatives Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA).
Recent publications
Report on the First Osaka Workshop on Social Sciences and Humanities in the Management of the Recovery Process after the Fukushima Accident
M.MURAKAMI, T. SCHNEIDER, J. LOCHARD, R. ANDO Revue Radioprotection 2025 (more…)
Preventing tissue reactions: a review of the ICRP approach
L. VAILLANT, E. AINSBURY, N. BAN, H. CARPENTER, A. FRANÇOIS, S. JACOB, D. LAURIER Journal of Radiological Protection (more…)
Outcome summary of the scientific program of the 16th IRPA Congress
R. CZARWINSKI, C. LI, S. BOUFFLER, C. CLEMENT, L. DAUER, E. GALLEGO, D. GILLEY, J. O’HAGAN, K. HELD, J. HONDROS, T. ISHIKAWA, P. METCALF, S. MUNDIGL, K. NELSON,...
Essentials of the System of Radiological Protection
W. RÜHM, K. APPLEGATE, N. BAN, F. BOCHUD, S. BOUFFLER, K. CHO, C. CLEMENT, E. GALLEGO, O. GERMAN, G. HIRTH, M. HOSONO, M. KAI, D. LAURIER, S. LIU,...
What the public wants to know about the recycling of contaminated soil
S. TAKESHI TERADA, H. MATSUNAGA, A. ZABIROWA, T. WATANABE, Y. KASHIWAZAKI, M. ORITA, T. SCHNEIDER, N. TAKAMURA PLoS One (more…)
Resilience and sustainable development following a nuclear accident: lessons from the Fukushima Daiichi NPP accident
T. SCHNEIDER, P. CROÜAIL, J. LOCHARD, D. OUGHTON, F. ZÖLZER Proceedings of the 2023 NERIS Workshop (more…)
Review of the management of non-food goods in Japan after the Fukushima accident
E. LAFRANQUE, P. CROÜAIL, A. MATHIEU, N. BASTRIKOVA Proceedings of the 2023 NERIS Workshop (more…)
Comparison of radiation-related cancer risk against baseline cancer rates in 33 countries using disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), lifetime incidence risk and lifetime mortality risks
HIROUCHI J., KUJIRAOKA I., TAKAHARA S., TAKADA M., SCHNEIDER T., KAI M. Journal of Radiological Protection (more…)
Social Sciences and Humanities in the management of the recovery process after the Fukushima accident – Summary of the May 25, 2024 on-line meeting
SCHNEIDER T., LOCHARD J. CEPN-R-333, September 2024 (more…)
Protection of the environment from exposure to ionising radiation: why and how evolution is timely for the ICRP system
J. GARNIER-LAPLACE, N.E. MARTINEZ, D. COPPLESTONE, T. SCHNEIDER, A. MAYALL, C-M. LARSSON Annals of ICRP 52, 2023 (more…)
Exhibitions / Projects
Report on the First Osaka Workshop on Social Sciences and Humanities in the Management of the Recovery Process after the Fukushima Accident
M.MURAKAMI, T. SCHNEIDER, J. LOCHARD, R. ANDO Revue Radioprotection 2025
Preventing tissue reactions: a review of the ICRP approach
L. VAILLANT, E. AINSBURY, N. BAN, H. CARPENTER, A. FRANÇOIS, S. JACOB, D. LAURIER Journal of Radiological Protection
Outcome summary of the scientific program of the 16th IRPA Congress
R. CZARWINSKI, C. LI, S. BOUFFLER, C. CLEMENT, L. DAUER, E. GALLEGO, D. GILLEY, J. O’HAGAN, K. HELD, J. HONDROS, T. ISHIKAWA, P. METCALF, S. MUNDIGL, K. NELSON, T. SCHNEIDER, G. SIRAKY, C. WILSON, A. WOJCIK Journal of Radiological Protection
Essentials of the System of Radiological Protection
W. RÜHM, K. APPLEGATE, N. BAN, F. BOCHUD, S. BOUFFLER, K. CHO, C. CLEMENT, E. GALLEGO, O. GERMAN, G. HIRTH, M. HOSONO, M. KAI, D. LAURIER, S. LIU, N. MARTINEZ, S. ROMANOV, T. SCHNEIDER, D. SUTTON, A. WOJCIK Journal of Radiological Protection
What the public wants to know about the recycling of contaminated soil
S. TAKESHI TERADA, H. MATSUNAGA, A. ZABIROWA, T. WATANABE, Y. KASHIWAZAKI, M. ORITA, T. SCHNEIDER, N. TAKAMURA PLoS One
Comparison of radiation-related cancer risk against baseline cancer rates in 33 countries using disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), lifetime incidence risk and lifetime mortality risks
HIROUCHI J., KUJIRAOKA I., TAKAHARA S., TAKADA M., SCHNEIDER T., KAI M. Journal of Radiological Protection
Workshop on the future of Radiological Protection (Un atelier sur l’avenir de la radioprotection)
LAURIER D, SCHNEIDER T, on behalf of the speakers et panelists Revue Radioprotection 2025
The system of radiological protection and the UN sustainable development goals
W. RÜHM, K. APPLEGATE, F. BOCHUD, D. LAURIER, T. SCHNEIDER, S. BOUFFLER, K. CHO, C. CLEMENT, O. GERMAN, G. HIRTH, M. KAI, S. LIU, A. MAYALL, S. ROMANOV, A. WOJCIK Radiation and Environmental Biophysics
Time-integrated radiation risk metrics and interpopulation variability of survival
ULANOWSKI A., BAN N., OZASA K., RÜHM W., SEMONES E., SHAVERS M., VAILLANT L. Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik
Consideration of hereditary effects in the radiological protection system: evolution and current status
A. AMRENOVA, E. AINSBURY, C. BAUDIN, A. GIUSSANI, J. LOCHARD, W. RÜHM, P. SCHOLZ-KREISEL, K. TROTT, L. VAILLANT, R. WAKEFORD, F. ZÖLZER, D. LAURIER International Journal of Radiation Biology
Ethical and societal aspects of radiological protection for offspring and next generations
ZÖLZER F., SCHNEIDER T., AINSBURY E., GOTO A., LIUTSKO L., O’REILLY G., LOCHARD J. Journal of Radiological Protection