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13th EAN Workshop - "ALARA and the medical sector" |
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Friday, 18 June 2010 |
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The 13th EAN Workshop, dedicated to "ALARA and the medical sector" will be held from 7th to 10th of June 2011 at the Oscarborg Fortress in the Oslofjord (Norway).
The 1st announcement is now available and can be downloaded here.
For more information, please visit the Workshop's website: http://alara2011.nrpa.no |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 24 June 2010 )
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Definition of "ALARA culture" |
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Monday, 21 June 2010 |
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The following definition has been proposed by the EAN Working Group on ALARA Culture. It has been endorsed by the members of the EAN Steering Group. EAN Proposal: Definition of the ALARA Approach to Radiation Protection
Culture Based on scientific knowledge and characterised by risk awareness,
optimisation of radiation protection is an ongoing and iterative
process, to keep - the magnitude of individual doses,
- the number of people exposed and
- the likelihood of potential exposure ALARA,
taking into account technical, economic and societal developments,
requiring qualitative and quantitative judgements and involving all
parties having an interest in or concern about an exposure situation.The implementation of the ALARA approach in practice is the most
important element of radiation protection culture because of the
particularity of the linear dose-effect relationship without thresholds
(LNT) compared to protection methods for chemical and toxic agents, new
findings of new health effects due to ionising radiation, and the
application of the precautionary principle. The implementation requires an adequate number of well trained and
experienced radiation protection specialists familiar with the ALARA
principle and associated procedures and ready to spread the ALARA
culture within their field of activities.
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Survey on radon exposure management |
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Friday, 19 March 2010 |
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Between September 2009 and January 2010, EAN performed a survey on
the national management of radon exposure. In
total, answers from the 17 following countries were received: Armenia,
Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,
Greece, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, the UK. The detailed results of this survey can be found in the Surveys section. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 19 March 2010 )
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 |
The 26th issue of the EAN Newsletter has now been published and can be read in the Newsletter section. You can also download it as a PDF document.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 25 February 2010 )
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The "European Medical ALARA Network (EMAN)" project |
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Tuesday, 16 February 2010 |
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The EMAN project, supported by the European Commission, has been launched by the end of 2009. This project aims at establishing a sustainable European Medical ALARA Network (EMAN) where different stakeholders within the medical sector will have the opportunity to discuss and to exchange information on different topics related to the implementation of the ALARA principle in the medical field. In particular, the project includes the setup of three working group to discuss the following specific topics: “optimisation of patient and occupational exposures in CT-procedures”; “optimization of patient and occupational exposure in interventional radiology”; “radiological safety for patients and personnel un activities using X-ray equipment outside the X-ray departments”.
For more information, please visit the EMAN website: www.eman-network.eu |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 25 February 2010 )
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ALARA Newsletter - Special Issue 1 |
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 |
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EAN publishes the first Special Issue of the ALARA Newsletter. This Special Issue is dedicated to the 12th EAN Workshop on "ALARA Issues arising for Safety and Security of Radiation Sources and Security Screening Devices". This Special Issue can be downloaded here as a PDF document. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 25 February 2010 )
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12th EAN Workshop - Conclusions |
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Thursday, 11 June 2009 |
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The 12th EAN Workshop took place in Vienna (Austria) from 21st to 23rd October 2009. It dealt with "ALARA issues arising for Safety and Security of Radiation Sources and Security Screening Devices".
The full papers and PowerPoint presentations are downloadable in the Workshop section. NEW: The Conclusions of the 12th EAN Workshop are now available in the Workshop section. The PPT files reporting the discussions of the Working Group are also downloadable. They are the result of the Working Group discussions. They have not been modified by the Editorial Team.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 25 February 2010 )
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ISOE International Symposium - Cambridge, UK - 17-19 November 2010 |
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Monday, 21 December 2009 |
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The European Technical Centre of the international Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) is organizing, in collaboration with Sizewell B NPP, the 2010 ISOE International Symposium on Occupational Exposure Management at Nuclear Facilities. The Symposium will be held in Cambridg, United Kingdom, from 17th to 19th November 2010. The main aims of the Symposium are: - to provide a large forum of information exchange on occupational exposure concerns (practices, management and procedures, dose results and reduction, improvements of techniques and tools, etc.), and
- to allow vendors to present their recent experience and developments in radiation protection (measurement techniques, operating and plant design improvements, ALARA practices during opertion and outages, etc.) in a commercial exhibition.
It will be preceded on the 16th of November 2010 by a Radiation Protection Manager meeting and a Regulatory Body representative meeting.For more information, you can download the first announcement and call for papers or visit the ISOE website.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 25 February 2010 )
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