The European ALARA Network

The European ALARA Network (EAN) promotes the optimisation of radiation protection (keeping exposures As Low As Reasonably Achievable – ALARA) across Europe. It brings together professionals, regulators, and stakeholders to share experience, develop guidance, and support the practical implementation of ALARA principles in various sectors, including industry, medicine, research, and the environment.

ALARA Newsletter 30

The 30th 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  ALARA Newsletter 30

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A survey of the use of dose constraints across Europe

Stephen Fennell, Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland, Chaiperson, ERPAN Introduction The concept of a dose constraint was established by ICRP in Publication 60 [1] and included in the 1996 European Basic Safety Standards Directive [2] (1996 BSS) which defined it as “a restriction on the prospective doses to individuals which may result from a defined […]

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4th EANNORM Round Table Workshop on « Transportation of NORM, NORM Measurements and Strategies, Building Materials »

Hartmut Schulz (IAF – Radioökologie GmbH, Germany), Astrid Schellenberger (IAF – Radioökologie GmbH, Germany), Sonja Schreurs (NuTeC – XIOS Hogeschool Limburg, Belgium), Wouter Schroyers (NuTeC – XIOS Hogeschool Limburg, Belgium) The 4th EANNORM – Workshop, organised and hosted by NuTeC – XIOS Hogeschool Limburg in cooperation with IAF – Radioökologie GmbH, was held from 29th […]

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Mining-related radiation exposure of members of the public and of workers: New Calculation Guide Mining in Germany

M. Kümmel and K. Witchery The new « Calculation Guide Mining » is intended to determine the mining-related radiation exposure of members of the public and of workers. It is applicable for the use, decommissioning, remediation, and reuse of mining facilities and installations as well as for the use, remediation, and reuse of land contaminated as a […]

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Issue 30 – February 2012

  Download the 30th issue in pdf format  Newsletter 30 Contents A survey of the use of dose constraints across Europe – Stephen Fennell (document not available) Experience feedback from the report of an interventional radiology event at the Strasbourg Academic Hospitals (France) – Carole Rousse  Mining-related radiation exposure of members of the public and of workers: New Calculation Guide […]

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Experience feedback from the report of an interventional radiology event at the Strasbourg Academic Hospitals

Carole Rousse (Deputy Head ASN Ionising Radiation and Health Department, France) Introduction On March 20, 2009, the French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) was informed by the Strasbourg Academic Hospitals (HUS) of reports of patients presenting adverse reactions, of unusual intensity, consisting of hair loss over a large surface area and/or cutaneous erythema. These patients received […]

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