This research area is largely based on the involvement of Team members in the work of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) and the Committee on Radiation Protection and Public Health (CRPPH). While the fundamentals of radiation protection optimization remain central to the CEPN’s insights, this research area also addresses radiological risk assessment and radiological health detriment calculation, as well as, more broadly, the scientific bases and ethical values of the radiological protection system. It also incorporates consideration of the Sustainable Development Goals. The conceptual approaches conducted within this research area are part of a complementary dynamic with the work carried out within the other two research areas.
Work programme
- Contribute to radiological risk assessment works:
- Support the incorporation of new scientific findings into the quantification of radiation risk at low doses and low dose rates.
- Contribute to ensuring that the ethical aspects of the radiation protection system – and particularly the principle of prudence – are taken into account in radiological risk assessments.
- Contribute to the discussions on the radiation protection system principles for the different exposure scenarios:
- Contribute to the analysis of the implementation of the principle of justification.
- Continue to explore the concepts of reasonableness and acceptability in relation to radiation protection optimization principle.
- Contribute to discussions on the principle of individual exposure limitation.
- Support discussions on the approach in terms of different exposure situations.
- Compare the methods used to assess and manage radiological and chemical risks:
- Analyse methods for establishing dose-response relationships.
- Putting risk management methods into perspective.
- Contribute to discussions on how to incorporate sustainable development objectives into radiological risk management processes:
- Contribute to the development of methods and criteria for evaluating decisions.
- Participate in the identification and integration of ethical considerations
- Contribute to the development of a radiation protection culture for the various exposure categories and exposure situations:
- Support information and awareness-raising initiatives.
- Facilitating technical discussions and training courses