Lessons learned from Living Conditions and Health Status of Populations living in affected territories after the Chernobyl and Fukushima accident – European SHAMISEN Project

MAITRE M., CROUAIL P., SCHNEIDER T. & al. Lessons learned from Living Conditions and Health Status of Populations living in affected territories after the Chernobyl and Fukushima accident – European SHAMISEN Project Third NERIS Workshop – 19 May 2017

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ALARA Self-Evaluation Guide

SCHIEBER C., ANDRESZ S. ALARA Self-Evaluation Guide Summary The optimization principle is a comprehensive and iterative approach for using protection and safety measures to make radiation exposure, and the probability and magnitude of potential exposure, As Low As Reasonably Achievable or ALARA. The application of this principle for occupational radiation protection in nuclear power plants […]

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Conclusions from the 2016 ISOE International Symposium, Brussels, 1-3 June 2016

C. Schieber – ISOE/ETC 2016 ISOE International Symposium, Brussels, 1-3 June 2016 Abstract The 2016 ISOE International Symposium on Occupational Exposure Management at Nuclear Facilities, was organized by the European Technical Centre of the Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE), in collaboration with and the support of ENGIE Electrabel and the Federal Agency for Nuclear […]

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Radiation Protection Culture in the French Nuclear Industry

Thierry SCHNEIDER, Caroline SCHIEBER, Ludovic VAILLANT SRP Annual Conference, Llandudno, 26-28 April 2016. Abstract Radiation Protection culture is a topic of specific interest for the French Society for Radiological Protection (SFRP). The preparation of the IRPA guiding principles for establishing a radiation protection culture, published in 2014 and endorsed by SFRP in 2015, was initially […]

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Practical radiological protection culture at school: experience and lessons learned

LOCHARD J. Technical Meeting on Radiation, Health and Healing. Fukushima Medical University, Japan, 9-10 March 2016 Abstract The concept of practical radiological protection culture emerged in the late 90s under the ETHOS project in Belarus and has gradually deepened in the CORE program during the decade that followed. Initially developed with adults, this culture rapidly […]

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Dialoguing with people as a radiological protection professional: lessons from Chernobyl and Fukushima

LOCHARD J. FMU International Symposium: Five Years Since the Great East Japan Earthquake,Tsunami and Nuclear Crisis. 8 March 2016, Fukushima Medical University, Japan. Abstract The accidents of Chernobyl and Fukushima highlighted the difficulty for experts to communicate with the affected population. Scientific information and technical explanations are not able by themselves to restore confidence of […]

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Communicating on Radiation Risk: Between Science and Narrative

LOCHARD J. Second Conference on Science, Technology, and Society (STS) : Perspectives on Nuclear Science, Radiation, and Human Health: The View from Asia, Nagasaki, Japan, 10-11 November 2015 Abstract Radiation protection professionals suffer from a lack of confidence, which dates back to the history of the development of nuclear weapons and nuclear power. Their involvement […]

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