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 of 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).

CEPN is a 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.

Recent publications

Publication 146 ICRP Radiological Protection of People and the Environment in the Event of a Large Nuclear Accident. (Update of ICRP Publications 109 and 111)

KAI M., HOMMA  T., LOCHARD J., SCHNEIDER T., LECOMTE JF., NISBET A., SHINKAREV S., AVERIN V., LAZO T.

Annals of the ICRP – Publication 146 - Vol. 49, n° 4, December 2020.

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Synthesis of the European ALARA network 18th workshop ‘ALARA for decommissioning and site remediation’

ANDRESZ S., GILCHRIST J., CALAVIA GIMENEZ I., VERMEERSCH F.

Journal of  Radiological Protection 40 (2020) 1497–1507.                                                         

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The SHAMISEN Project: Challenging historical recommendations for preparedness, response and surveillance of health and well-being in case of nuclear accidents: Lessons learnt from Chernobyl and Fukushima

OHBA T., LIUTSKO L., SCHNEIDER T., FRANCESC BARQUINERO J., CROUAÏL P., FATTIBENE P., KESMINIENE A., LAURIER D., SARUKHAN A., SKUTERUD L., TANIGAWA K., TOMKIV Y., CARDIS E.

Environment International, Vol. 146, 2021

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Engaging health professionals and patients in the medical field: role of radiological protection culture and informed consent practices.

SCHIEBER C., PÖLZL-VIOL C., CANTONE M.C., ŽELEZNIK N., ECONOMIDES N., GSCHWIND R., ABELSHAUSEN B., SAVU D., LAFAGE S., LIUTSKO L., CHARRON S., TURCANU C. and GEYSMANS R

Radioprotection 2020, 19 May 2020, 8 pp.

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Stakeholder involvement through national panels and surveys to address the issues and uncertainties arising in the preparedness and management of the transition phase.

MONTERO M., SALA R., TRUEBA C., GARCÍA-PUERTA B., ABELSHAUSEN B., BOHUNOVA J., CROÜAIL P., DURAND V., DURANOVA T., HILLIARD C., MAITRE M., MITRAKOS D., MONTEIRO GIL O., NUNES10 P., PAIVA I., REIS M., SCHNEIDER T., SKUTERUD L., SMITH V., TAFILI V., THØRRING H., TURCANU C., TWENHÖFEL C. and VAN ASSELT E.

Radioprotection 2020, 8 May 2020, 8 pp.

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Exhibitions / Projects

Vous avez dit Radioprotection ?

Vous avez dit Radioprotection ?

Did you Say Radiation Protection? Stories of X-Rays, Radioactivity, etc …” is a traveling exhibition devoted to radiation protection, that is to say all the means to protect workers, the public and the environment from potentially harmful effects of X-rays and of radioactivity.

La robe et le nuage

Robe et Nuage

La robe et le nuage propose au lecteur une plongée dans le monde de la radioactivité qui n'a rien d'un pensum pour physiciens avertis. Bien au contraire, l'ouvrage, destiné au grand public, s'attache à retracer l'histoire des rayons X et de la radioactivité, ainsi que celle de son nécessaire pendant : la radioprotection. Rédigé par un spécialiste français du sujet et une journaliste scientifique, il aide à mieux comprendre la radioactivité, de La robe de Marie Curie au nuage de Tchernobyl.

ETHOS in Belarus

ETHOS en Biélorussie

Le projet européen ETHOS avait pour but d’améliorer durablement les conditions de vie des habitants des villages dont la vie quotidienne a été fortement affectée par la présence à long terme de contamination radioactive à la suite de l’accident de Tchernobyl. Il s’agissait d’une nouvelle démarche pluridisciplinaire basée sur une implication forte de la population dans l’évaluation et la gestion du risque radiologique en concertation avec les autorités locales, régionales et nationales et des experts biélorusses.