A European network of experts directly responsible for monitoring and assessment of doses after deliberate exposure to ionizing radiation

摘要

In the event of an accidental or deliberate release of radionuclides to the environment, individual monitoring and dose assessment may be needed for large numbers of people. The consequences of such incidents are not limited by national boundaries. However, within the European Union (EU), there is no coordinated strategy for individual monitoring and dose assessment and little exchange of information. In the event of an accidental release of radionuclides (e.g. a reactor accident) or a deliberate release (e.g. a terrorist incident involving a radiological dispersion device (RDD)), individual monitoring and dose assessment may be needed for large numbers of people to identify those needing medical treatment, and to inform and reassure others. The affected population would include both members of the public and emergency workers responding to the incident. CONRAD (CO-ordinatioN Action for RAdiation Dosimetry) is an EC 6th Framework Programme Co-ordination Action sponsored by EURADOS (the European Radiation Dosimetry Group, http://www.eurados.org). Task 5.4 of the CONRAD project was to establish the EUREMON network, which aims to promote sharing of information between countries on plans and arrangements for individual monitoring. The network currently has 51 individual members from 22 EU countries, 8 non-EU countries and two international organisations.