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.

2020 – June 9th

You can download the Administrative Board meeting minutes that took place via teleconference 9th June 2020. EAN 2019 budget (final and validated) and provisional 2020 budget

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Issue 43 – June 2020

You can access here the 43th issue of the European ALARA Network Newsletter. This is a special issue on the challenges on ALARA in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic.  The Impacts of Covid-19 pandemic on ALARA – Testimonies from EAN Members: Testimony from Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, Mr. F. Kabrt, Mrs E. […]

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Optimization of Radiation Protection – ALARA: A Practical Guidebook

« 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 – […]

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2019 – June 5th

You can download the documents from the Administrative Board meeting and the Steering Group meeting held June 5th 2019 at CEPN (Fontenay-aux-Roses, France): Administrative Board Meeting EAN 2018 budget and provisional 2019 budget (N. Stritt) Steering Group Meeting minutes Agenda of the meeting EAN Statutes as 2019 (with the list of Members updated) A Kit to be used when in interaction with […]

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Issue 42 – April 2019

You can access here the 42th issue of the European ALARA Network Newsletter (pdf, 8,5 Mo). Articles deal with:  Decommissioning of Research Installations at CIEMAT Madrid, J. C. Saez et al., CIEMAT, Spain. Full System Decontamination under ALARA Point of View, Dr. M. Knaack, TÜV Nord, Germany. Decommissioning of Non-nuclear Facilities; Insight into the Process A. […]

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A EAN and ERPAN brainstorming meeting on the graded approach: a synthesis

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 […]

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2018 – December 14th

You can view or download the PDF documents from the Administrative Board meeting and the Steering Group meeting held the December 14th 2018 at CEPN (Fontenay-aux-Roses, France): Administrative Board Meeting EAN 2018 budget and provisional 2019 budget (as 13 December 2018) (N. Stritt) Formal letter that can be send to organisations with an interest in ALARA  Steering Group […]

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Issue 41 – November 2018

You can access here the 41th issue of the European ALARA Network Newsletter (pdf, 4,5 Mo). Articles deal with: Occupational Radiation Protection Results in Germany – Results of the RP Register of the BfS, T. Rosentreter, U. Oeh, BfS, Germany ALARA Approach During the Dismantling of Hot-Cell M2 at CSK•CEN Mol.P. Antoine, M. Estas, F. Vermeersch, SCK•CEN, […]

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2018 – June 19th 2018

You can view or download the PDF documents from the Administrative Board meeting and the Steering Group meeting held the 19th June 2018 at CEPN (Fontenay-aux-Roses, France): Administrative Board Meeting. Steering Group Meeting. Documents elaborated or discussed at the occasion of the meetings (pdf, 17 Mo). Generic Presentation: EAN, Experience with Networking to Support Optimisation of […]

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