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

Findings from a Workshop on the Practical Implementation of the new ICRP Recommendations: A Contribution of the NERIS Platform

RASKOB W., DURANOVA T., SCHNEIDER T. et al.

In 2010, the NERIS Platform was established to combine organisations from the operational, the research and the stakeholder community interested in nuclear and radiological emergency response and recovery. By the end of 2011, 37 organisations from 20 countries have already joined the Platform

Oral presentation at IRPA13, Glasgow, Sctoland, 14-18 May 2012.

Abstract

In 2010, the NERIS Platform was established to combine organisations from the operational, the research and the stakeholder community interested in nuclear and radiological emergency response and recovery. By the end of 2011, 37 organisations from 20 countries have already joined the Platform which comprises national and local authorities, technical support organisations, professional organisations, research institutes, universities and non-governmental organisations.

One of the NERIS Platform working groups is focused on the practical implementation of the new ICRP recommendations: how they can be applied in the national context; and how they can be integrated into existing Decision Support Systems for emergency and recovery preparedness and management. This challenge is also tackled with a European research project, NERIS-TP. To support this activity, the ICRP working group of the NERIS Platform has organised a working group meeting in 2010 and an international workshop in Bratislava in February 2012. This Workshop will provide a forum for discussion and sharing of experiences on the implementation of the ICRP Recommendations for the protection of people in emergency exposure situations and living in long-term contaminated areas after a nuclear accident or a radiation emergency. International, European and national perspectives will be presented. Furthermore, the workshop will provide an opportunity to explore the methodological and computational aspects related to the practical introduction of these recommendations in the existing decision support tools used in European Countries.

This paper presents the main findings of the workshop with particular emphasis on the methodological aspects and computational tools that might be implemented into the decision support tools ARGOS and RODOS in the frame of the NERIS-TP project.


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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.