« Well, we finally made it » ‘Oh Love’, in Love Unlimited, PNY International, 1973. The EAN Working Group on ALARA Culture has achieved the elaboration of a book on the ALARA principle. Optimization of Radiological Protection – ALARA: A Practical Guidebook intends to give a clear and practical picture of what is ALARA and how to apply it – […]
The EAN and ERPAN have decided to set up a meeting in December 13th 2018 to brainstorm on their understanding of the « graded approach » and experience in implementing it in the context of Euratom Directive 2013/59 article 24. To narrow the discussion, it has been decided to give a focus on the graded approach for the protection of workers […]
The Strategic Agenda of the European ALARA Network for the 2015 – 2020 period has been elaborated by the Members in 2014 and is now published on the website (in the ‘Presentation of EAN/EAN Strategic Plan’ section). The Strategic Agenda reminds the general objectives of EAN and presents the objectives of the Network for the […]
The 15th EAN workshop on « Improving ALARA Culture through Education and Training » was in particular focus on measuring the effectiveness of training. Following their presentation during the workshop E. Grindrod and J. Stewart from Public Health England propose in this article an « untraditionnal » approach to test knowledge, application and competences of emergency responders at the […]
In 2005 the French nuclear safety authority (ASN) requested the French Comittee of Non-Destructive Testings (COFREND) to work on improving radiation protection in gammagraphy. To perform this task COFREND asked for collaboration with the French Radiation Protection Society (SFRP). Thus in 2006-2007, 9 working groups on different topics (for instance, regulation, training, dosimetry, risk assessment […]
Following recommendation from the three first EAN workshops, the European Commission has set up a research project on the application of ALARA for the internal exposure. The SMOPIE (Strategies and Methods for the OPtimisation of Internal Exposure of workers from industrial natural sources) project came to its end in June 2004 and has generated important […]