The CEPN, Nuclear Protection Evaluation Centre, 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 current members of the Association are: the French public electricity generating utility (EDF) and the French Alternatives Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA).
Recent publications
European radiation protection week 2025—meeting summary
S. Bouffler, F. Antonelli, C. Badie, S. Barnard, A. Berrington de Gonzalez, A. Bexon, S. Deacon, A. Degenhardt, L. Elstow, C. Giles, A. Ioakeimidou, A. Jones, E. Lafranque, V. Lillyjanet, H. Mancey, K. Marchant, V. Olˇsovcová, F. Paris, A. Real, K. Riklund, Y. Saintingy, R. Tanner, M. Taylor, S. Trinkl, Y. Tomkiv, F. Vanhavere, C. Werner, K. Whiteway, K. Zmijewska, L. Ainsbury
Journal of Radiological Protection, Volume 46, Number 1
Planning Session Report: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives from Social Sciences and Humanities in the Management of the Recovery Process after the Fukushima Accident
M. Murakami, J. Lochard, T. Schneider, R. Ando, T. Yasutaka, Y. Kanai, M. Takada, S. Fujii, T. Kobayashi, M. Tsubokura, M. Merad, H. Yoshida, M. Kai, M. Tichauer
Japanese Journal of Risk Analysis 2026
The measurement activities of the non-profit organization Fukushima dialogue in Japan
R. Ando, J. Lochard, J.-M. Bertho, Y. Lheureux, D. Sasaki, T. Schneider
Revue Radioprotection 2026
Dismantling of nuclear facilities, radioactive waste and materials management, circular economy and sustainable development
L. Vaillant, M. Belin, A. Larsson, M. Maître, S. Nijst, A. Norture, R. Sciaqua Rossella, R. Trtilek, V. Wasselin, S. Wickham, F. Pancotti
Revue Radioprotection 2026
Revisiting Tolerability and Reasonableness in the System of Radiological Protection
T. Schneider, N. Martinez, S. Baechler, T. Homma, B. Le Guen, Y. Billarand, E. Gallego, C.-M. Larsson, J.-F. Lecomte, R. Loose, H. Ogino, W. Rühm, M. Takada, S. Tsuchida
Health Physics, Vol. 130(2): p. 166-174, February 2026
Concerns and knowledge-seeking behavior among Futaba residents after the Fukushima nuclear disaster: insights from qualitative and quantitative analyses
W. Thu Zar, V. Hande, M. Orita, H. Matsunaga, J. Lochard, T. Schneider, N. Takamura
Revue Radioprotection 2025
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