The ISOE was launched in 1992 by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) to improve the management of occupational exposures at nuclear power plants through the collection and analysis of occupational e...
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27 May 2020
The INEX-4 exercise was designed to allow participants to investigate the national and, in some cases, international arrangements for responding to widespread radiological contamination of the urban ...
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26 May 2020
Despite the significant advances made in early phase emergency management as a result of INEX series, longer-term consequence management has remained a difficult challenge for emergency managers. In ...
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26 May 2020
In order to test the evolved communication and information technologies, the NEA organised the INEX 2000 exercise hosted in France at the Gravelines nuclear power plant, 22-23 May 2001. This internat...
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26 May 2020
The INEX-2 exercise was planned as a series of regional, command-post exercises with the simultaneous real-time participation of many countries – including those from Eastern Europe and Asia – and in...
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26 May 2020
The first INEX exercise was held in 1993 to address the international community need to improve the quality and the co-ordination of emergency response systems on a regional scale, in particular in t...
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25 May 2020
Experience gaps caused by past radiological or nuclear incidents/accidents, as well as intergenerational knowledge and know-how transfer challenge the continuity of radiological protection best pract...
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7 May 2020
Exposure of workers to ionising radiation should be kept as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA). Approaches to accomplishing this are developed through experience exchange and circumstance evaluatio...
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7 May 2020
Preparedness and management of nuclear or radiological emergencies are crucial areas for nuclear and non-nuclear member countries. Feedback from international exercises (e.g. INEX) indicate working a...
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7 May 2020
The practical application of radiological protection policy in international recommendations and national regulations is essential, as is their implementation in the field.
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7 May 2020
Radiological protection science addresses the radiobiological and epidemiological studies of the harmful effects of ionising radiation. This informs the development of radiological protection policy....
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7 May 2020
New NEA Expert Group on Comparison and Understanding of Dose Prognosis (EGDP) kicks off, 24 March 2020
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8 April 2020
Psychosocial aspects of radiological and nuclear emergencies
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8 April 2020
NEA Expert Group on the Dose Limit for the Lens of the Eye launches survey
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8 April 2020
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20 March 2020
Munich, Germany
Message from the workshop co-organisers:
Dear registered participants, Dear colleagues,
Our three organisations, BfS, OECD/NEA and WHO, have been monitoring closely the evolution of the COVID-19 out...
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29 May 2020
The Expert Group on Occupational Exposure (EGOE) will build on operational and regulatory experience in NEA member countries, focusing on the use of existing databases to identify where and how opera...
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12 March 2020
Preparedness for Post‑Accident Recovery Process: Lessons from Experience
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4 March 2020
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19 February 2020
University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
The workshop provided an opportunity to discuss the major elements at stake for the structuring of a nuclear or radiological post-accident recovery management framework and to interact with Japanese ...
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29 May 2020
NEA Workshop on Optimisation: Rethinking the Art of Reasonable, 13‑15 January 2020
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15 January 2020
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15 January 2020
Lisbon, Portugal
NEA Workshop on Optimisation: Rethinking the Art of Reasonable
13-15 January 2020
Lisbon, Portugal
Hosted by Instituto de Oncologia de Lisboa-Francisco Gentil (IPOLFG) and Instituto Superior Técnico C...
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29 May 2020
Radiological protection is a term applied to the protection of workers, patients, the public and the environment from the harmful effects of exposure to ionising radiation, and ways to achieve this.
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13 December 2019
NEA Expert Group on Non‑radiological Public Health Aspects of Radiation Emergency Planning and Response (EGNR) kick‑off meeting on 5 November 2019.
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6 December 2019
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6 December 2019
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29 November 2019
NEA Expert Group on Recovery Management (EGRM) meeting, 1‑2 October 2019.
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18 November 2019
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24 October 2019
Beijing, China
The IAEA Technical Centre of the Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE), in collaboration with the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Centre, Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China organi...
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11 June 2020
This 26th Annual Report of the International System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) Programme presents the status of the Programme in 2016. As of 31 December 2016, the ISOE programme included 74 part...
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7 May 2019
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9 April 2019
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26 October 2018
Kyoto, Japan
The Asian Technical Center (ATC) of the Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) was pleased to organize the 2018 International ALARA Symposium on occupational exposure management at nuclea...
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11 June 2020
The Fifth International Nuclear Emergency Exercise (INEX-5) was developed in response to NEA member countries' desire to test and demonstrate the value of changes put in place following the Fukushima...
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2 October 2018
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21 September 2018
Milan, Italy
Four successful workshops on Science and Values in Radiological Protection Decision Making have thus far been held in 2008 (Finland), 2009 (France), 2012 (Japan) and 2015 (Russia). To continue advan...
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3 June 2020
The brochure provides background information about the NEA.
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10 September 2018
The NEA has a long tradition of expertise in the area of nuclear emergency policy, planning, preparedness and management. Through its activities in this field, it offers member countries unbiased ass...
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7 September 2018
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26 February 2018
The field of emergency management is broad, complex and dynamic. In the post-Fukushima context, emergency preparedness and response (EPR) in the nuclear sector is more than ever being seen as part of...
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12 January 2018
Towards an All‑Hazards Approach to Emergency Preparedness and Response: Lessons Learnt from Non‑Nuclear Events, Friday, 12 January 2018 at 13:30-14:30 Paris time
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8 June 2020
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4 May 2017
Legnaro (Padova), Italy
non-nuclear radioactive waste produced through industrial, research and medical activities. Sources of such waste can include national laboratory and university research activities, used and lost ind...
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3 June 2020
This Strategic Plan is intended to guide the NEA as it seeks to meet the evolving needs of member countries in the application and exploration of nuclear science and technology. The plan includes an ...
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22 December 2016
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10 November 2016
Fukushima, Japan
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3 June 2020
Since the discovery of radiation at the end of the 19th century, the health effects of exposure to radiation have been studied more than almost any other factor with potential effects on human health...
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3 March 2016
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2 March 2016
Webinar
At its December 2012 meeting, the CRPPH Bureau suggested that the CRPPH could organise a webinar to bring together young and experienced professionals to exchange information for dealing with stakeho...
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8 June 2020
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11 June 2015
Moscow, Russian Federation
Following the 2008 (Finland), 2009 (France) and 2012 (Japan) Science and Values in Radiological Protection workshops, which contributed to the integration of new scientific and technological developm...
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3 June 2020
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18 June 2014
Washington DC, USA
Background
The Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) with its participating utilities and regulatory authorities, is a core group of experts for exchanging experience in developing safe,...
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27 May 2020
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23 February 2014
Shinagawa Prince Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
As with almost any large nuclear reactor accident, the risk of thyroid cancer caused not only by external exposure, but by exposure to iodine-131 (131I) is a key concern. Experience, and some epidemi...
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4 June 2020
The International Nuclear Emergency Exercise (INEX) series, organised under the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Working Party on Nuclear Emergency Matters (WPNEM), has proven successful in testing, ...
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29 July 2013
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8 November 2012
Tokyo University (Hongo Campus)
This was an international forum for the exchange of information and experience among regulators, scientists and governmental and non-governmental organisations in radiological protection and public h...
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3 June 2020
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20 September 2012
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4 February 2012
Tokyo, Japan
The Experience and Technology of Russia, Ukraine and Other Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Countries on Remediation and Restoration of Environments
On 3-4 February 2012, the Japanese governm...
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28 May 2020
One of the most important aspects of post-accident consequence management is the involvement of stakeholders: in the planning, preparation and execution as well as in sustaining efforts over the long...
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4 October 2011
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31 March 2011