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Nuclear or Radiological Emergency, GS-R-2, should be
updated. The NEA, as a co-sponsor of GS-R-2, agreed
to participate in the updating of the document with
a view to co-sponsoring the new version.
The CRPPH also continued its efforts to provide
the ICRP with practical user feedback on draft documents,
analysing a new draft ICRP recommendation
on Radiological Protection in Geological Disposal of
Long-lived Solid Radioactive Waste, in co-operation
with the NEA Radioactive Waste Management
Committee (RWMC). The NEA will publish, jointly
with the ICRP, a flyer briefly summarising this ICRP
recommendation in plain language, in particular to
facilitate the explanation of these somewhat complex
concepts to a more general public.
Radiological protection science and
policy judgment
Radiological protection decisions are a combination
of science and judgment, and making these
two elements more transparent in decision making
will most likely improve the acceptability and
sustainability of decisions. The CRPPH is addressing
these issues through a series of science and
values workshops, the first two having been held in
2008 and 2009. The third workshop on Science and
Values in Radiological Protection was held in Japan
in November 2012. Further details on this workshop
can be found on page 50 in the section on Nuclear
Energy and Civil Society.
Operational radiological protection from
a policy perspective
The CRPPH Expert Group on Occupational Exposure
(EGOE) prepared a report on the management of
total risk and on radiological protection aspects of
transient worker exposure management. The EGOE
met in January and October 2012 to finalise the draft
report, which will be submitted to the CRPPH for
approval in May 2013.
The CRPPH Expert Group on Best Available
Techniques (EGBAT) completed most of its work
during 2012, holding a workshop on Good Practice
in Effluent Management in January. As a result of the
workshop, a series of questions regarding approaches
to good practice were generated and turned into
a questionnaire for participants. Questionnaire
responses will be used to finalise the draft expert
group report on good practice in effluent management
for nuclear power plant new build, due to be
issued in late 2013.
expert group of the Working Party on Nuclear
Emergency Matters (WPNEM) is preparing a report
on the evolution of national emergency management
programmes in response to the new ICRP recommendations
which should be issued in the first half
of 2013. Also in the area of emergency management
implementation, in early 2013 the WPNEM will complete
the update of its 2003 report on short-term
countermeasure criteria currently used by NEA
member countries.
The INEX-4 exercise, which was undertaken
in 2011-2012 by 17 countries (including 4 non-NEA
countries), focused on consequence management
and transition to recovery in response to malicious
acts involving the release of radioactive materials
in an urban setting. The exercise summary report
was completed and submitted to the CRPPH Working
Party on Nuclear Emergency Matters for approval at
its November 2012 meeting. The report will be finalised
with a joint topical session with the CRPPH on
INEX-4 results in May 2013.
INEX-4 exercise
Comprehensive problem identification.
Occupational exposure at nuclear
power plants
The sharing of operational lessons and experience,
as well as the collection, analysis and exchange of
occupational exposure data continue to be addressed
by the Information System on Occupational
Exposure (ISOE), an NEA joint project in the field of
radiological protection which is co-sponsored by the
IAEA. In 2012, the ISOE continued its efforts to share
dose reduction experience among participants, and
to co-ordinate projects to improve optimisation of
worker radiological protection at nuclear power
plants by providing online data collection and
detailed analysis of data through its MADRAS
module. Further details on the ISOE programme are
provided on page 42.
Nuclear emergency and recovery
management
In terms of system evolution, the CRPPH agreed to
investigate how the new ICRP recommendations
for emergency management and for post-accident
rehabilitation were being implemented, with a view
to assist members in updating their own approaches
and to provide practical feedback to the ICRP. An
Contact:
Michael Siemann
Head, Radiological Protection and
Radioactive Waste Management
Division
+33 (0)1 45 24 10 40
michael.siemann@oecd.org
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