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 current members of the Association are: the French public electricity generating utility (EDF) 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

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

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Planning Session Report: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives from Social Sciences and Humanities in the Management of the Recovery Process after the Fukushima Accident

Michio MURAKAMI, Jacques LOCHARD, Thierry SCHNEIDER, Ryoko ANDO, Tetsuo YASUTAKA, Yumiko KANAI, Momo TAKADA, Shinko FUJII, Tomoyuki KOBAYASHI, Masaharu TSUBOKURA, Myriam MERAD, Hiroko YOSHIDA, Michiaki KAI, Michael TICHAUER

Japanese Journal of Risk Analysis 2026

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How to start a network? Experience in networking and achievements of the IRPA Young Generation Network

S. ANDRESZ, C.M. BETOS, W.H. HA, T. HAMIDA, B.S. HUSSAIN, F. KABRT, O. NUSRAT, A. MICHAELIDESOVA, T.V. LIMA, N. MOVSISYANA, F. OTOO, C. PAPP, J. PIECHOTKA, R. QIU, M.S. MUÑOZ, A. SAKODA, T. KONO, V.P. SINGH, I. TSORXE, H. YOSHIDA

Annals of ICRP 52, 2023

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