The European Technical Centre of the international Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) is organizing, in collaboration with Sizewell B NPP, the 2010 ISOE International Symposium on Occupational Exposure Management at Nuclear Facilities. The Symposium will be held in Cambridg, United Kingdom, from 17th to 19th November 2010. The main aims of the Symposium are: […]
The 13th EAN Workshop will deal with "ALARA in the medical sector". It will be held from 7th to 10th June 2011 in Norway. More information will be available in the middle of 2010 on the EAN website.
The 24th issue of the EAN Newsletter has now been published and can be read in the Newsletter section. You can also download it as a PDF document.Contents of the Issue The management of the 60Co contamination in lift buttons in European countries, ERPAN survey about healthy volunteers in biomedical research, Analyse of a reference […]
In 2008, the European Commission organised its Scientific Seminar on "Emerging evidence for radiation induced circulatory diseases". Five lectures on new data from epidemiological and radiobiological studies were given by scientists actively working in the field of radiation induced circulatory diseases. More information can be found on the EC webpage.
Work in connection with revision of the basic regulation for radiation protection and use of radiation has been going on for several years, and drafts are now being circulated for comments. The former basic regulations have been split into two regulations: one for radiation protection and one for environmental prtection. The environmental regulation contains a […]
On 17th December 2008, the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS, National Institute of Health, advisory body for the Minister of Health) organised the international workshop Depleted uranium research: an update, the sequel to a first workshop on the subject held in October 2004. The ISS’s interest in this issue is due to the request made […]
In April 2009, HPA published an atlas of radon in homes in Scotland (HPA-RPD-051). The report brings together all the data held in the UK national radon database on radon levels in Scottish dwellings. It updates previous reports and presents the first complete radon probability map for the whole of Scotland including the inhabited off-shore […]
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 […]
The European ALARA Network for NORM (EANNORM) is organizing its 2nd Workshop from 24th to 26th November, 2006 in Dresden (Germany). This Workshop will follow the spirit of the first edition. It will mainly be devoted to the dissemination of topical information/knowledge on good radiation protection practices concerning the NORM industru and other work activities. […]
The 12th EAN Workshop took place in Vienna (Austria) from 21st to 23rd October 2009. It dealt with "ALARA issues arising for Safety and Security of Radiation Sources and Security Screening Devices". The full papers and PowerPoint presentations are downloadable in the Workshop section. NEW: The Conclusions of the 12th EAN Workshop are now available […]