Authors: K. Wichterey (BfS, Germany), H. Schulz (IAF, Germany), A. Schmitt-Hannig (BfS, Germany) The 2nd EAN-NORM Workshop, organised and hosted by IAF, was held from 24-26 November 2009 in Dresden. More than 50 experts from 17 different countries, coming from leading European and international organisations, authorities, universities, research institutes and industry representatives shared their experiences […]
Author: A. Schmitt-Hannig (BfS, Germany) The development of a common ALARA culture among radiation protection professionals and other stakeholders in Europe is one of the fundamental objectives followed and shared by all EAN members. Moreover the 10th EAN Workshop on Experience and new Developments in Implementing ALARA in Occupational, Public and Patient Exposures (Prague, 2006) […]
Author: A. Schmitt-Hannig (BfS, Germany) The 4th International Conference on Education and Training in Radiological Protection (ETRAP), organised by the European Nuclear Society (ENS) in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and hosted by Portugals Instituto Technologico e Nuclear (ITN), was held from 8 – 12 November 2009 in Lisbon. The Conference was […]
Preamble When the paper about 60Co contaminated lift buttons was drafted and published (see European ALARA Newsletter No. 25, October 2009) some Italian colleagues informed us that Italy, too, had been involved in the problem, but at that moment no information was available for dissemination, because the enquiry was still open and the public prosecutor […]
Author: S. Hennigor (Radiation Protection Manager, Forsmark NPP, Sweden) The incident In the beginning of May 2009 a contaminated car was discovered by the vehicle monitoring system at Forsmark NPP in Sweden. The inside of the luggage compartment was found to be contaminated, but there was no specific contaminated equipment or goods. After a retrospective […]
Authors: M. Ginjaume1, E. Carinou2, F. Vanhavere3, G. Gualdrini4, I. Clairand5, M. Sans Merce6 1 Institute of Energy Technologies, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPS), Spain2 Greek Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC), Greece3 Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK-CEN), Belgium4 Radiation Protection Institute – Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie LEnergia et lAmbiante (ENEA), Italy5 Institut de Radioprotection et […]
Author: Stephen Fennell (Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland – RPII) Introduction In 2002 Ireland submitted its national report to the meeting of the Oslo-Paris (OSPAR) ad-hoc working group on Radioactive Substances (RSC) describing how it intended to implement its strategy with regard to the discharge of radioactive substances to the marine environment. In assisting the […]
"ALARA issues arising for safety and security of radiation sources and security screening devices" Authors: P. Shaw (HPA), P. Croüail (CEPN) Workshop background, objectives and programme Radiation protection has always included security-related provisions (for example to prevent the unauthorised use of sources), which have contributed to the overall system of radiation safety. In recent years, […]