The NEA Working Party on Nuclear Emergency Matters (WPNEM) held its annual meeting on 6‑7 November with 21 delegates representing 12 countries and the World Health Organization (WHO). The participants reviewed the activities carried out by the NEA Expert Group on Non‑radiological Public Health Aspects of Radiation Emergency Planning and Response (EGNR) and WPNEM interactions with the NEA Expert Group on Recovery Management (EGRM). Regarding near‑term priority areas of work, the WPNEM agreed that in 2020 its recently-established expert groups on i) Comparison and Understanding of Dose Prognosis (EGDP), and ii) Non‑radiological Public Health Aspects of Radiation Emergency Planning and Response (EGNR) would commence their work. The working party also agreed to update the member country protective measures handbooks.
