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14th European ALARA Network Workshop, Ireland 4-6 September 201

"ALARA IN EXISTING EXPOSURE SITUATIONS"

The concept of “existing exposure situations” was introduced by ICRP in Publication No. 103 (2007), and is included in the revised European Basic Safety Standards Directive. It is defined as exposure situations that already exist when a decision on control has to be taken, such as those caused by natural background radiation and radioactive residues from past practices or events.  Examples include radon in dwellings and buildings with public access, building materials and management of contaminated areas from past practices and post-accidents. Other situations such as exposure from cosmic rays and NORMs may also be included.

Optimisation is the key radiation protection principle for existing exposure situations, although it is not always clear how to apply this in practice.  Consequently, the aim of the 14th EAN workshop is to focus on how the ALARA principle can be applied to the whole range of existing exposure situations.  The Workshop will consider the wider principles and strategies that might be adopted, as well as the specific methods for implementing ALARA in practice.

This workshop will consist of presentations intended to highlight the main issues, and a significant part of the programme will be devoted to discussions within working groups.  From these discussions, participants will be expected to produce recommendations on ALARA in existing exposure situations addressed to relevant local, national and international stakeholders.

Working Group Topics

  1. ALARA challenges and practicalities at the national and regional levels
  2. Considerations in choosing reference levels
  3. Economical, technical factors and endpoints of optimisation
  4. Societal factors and stakeholders engagement

Programme and downloadable presentations

Paper Title, Authors
  Official welcome
Mr Fergus O'Dowd RD, Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Energy & Natural Resources and Environment, Community & Local Government
  Session 1a - Introduction and Scene Setting 
Chairperson: Ann McGarry (RPII, Ireland)
  Introduction
Ann McGarry (RPII)
1a.1 pdf The European ALARA Network (2.05 MB)
Fernand Vermeersch (EAN chairperson)
1a.2 pdf Existing exposure situations: challenges and the current work of ICRP (4.95 MB)
Chris Clement (ICRP Scientific Secretary)
1a.3 pdf EC progress regarding building material and radon risks (1.11 MB)
Stéphane Calpéna (European Commission)
  Session 1b  - Introduction and scene setting 
Chairperson: Fernand Vermeersch (EAN)
1b.1 pdf Radiological protection decision making in existing exposure situations - an NEA viewpoint on stakeholder involvement (460 KB)
Ted Lazo (NEA)
1b.2 pdf Applications of the international Basic Safety Standards to existing exposure situations (5.13 MB)
P.P. Haridasan (IAEA)
1b.3 pdf Developing a national radon strategy for Ireland (2.70 MB)
David Fenton (RPII, Ireland)
1b.4 pdf New perspectives and issues arising from the introduction of NORM residues in building materials (215 KB)
Christina Nuccetelli (ISS, Italy)
1b.5 pdf The ALARA NORM Network - contribution to reducing radiation exposure at NORM workplaces (5.50 MB)
Karin Wichtery (BfS, Germany)
  Session 2a - Optimisation
Chairperson: Ted Lazo (NEA)
2a.1 pdf Application of ALARA to cosmic ray exposures (1.93 MB)
Werner Ruehm (Helmholtz Zntrum München, Germany)
2a.2 pdf Managing radiation risks from point sources (4.97 MB)
James Gemmill (SEPA, UK)
2a.3 pdf Contaminated goods and foodtuffs (132 KB)
Jean François Lecomte (IRSN, France)
2a.4 pdf Introduction to Working Group sessions (155 KB)
Peter Shaw (EAN secretary)
  Session 2b - Optimisation
Chairperson: Chris Clement (ICRP)
2b.1 pdf Radiation protection during the remediation of radioactive contaminated sites on former industrially used sites (7.35 MB)
Rainer Gellerman (Nuclear Control & Consulting GmbH, Germany)
2b.2 pdf Ethics and social values in the management of existing exposure situations (1.90 MB)
Jacques Lochard (CEPN, France)
2b.3 pdf Application of health economics in the development of a national radon control strategy in Ireland (944 KB)
David Pollard (RPII, Ireland)
2b.4 pdf HPA contaminated land radiation protection framework (4.67 MB)
Joanne Brown (HPA, UK)
2b.5 pdf Existing exposure situations: intervention in practice (4.42 MB)
Ciaran McDonnell (HPA, UK)
  Session 3a - Stakeholders involvement and responsibilities
Chairperson: Jacques Lochard (CEPN)
3a.1 pdf Aircraft crew exposures from 2004 - 2009 in Germany (15.04 MB)
Gerhard Frasch (BfS, Germany)
3a.2 pdf Building ALARA culture as a tool for effective risk communication (3.66 MB)
Sotirios Economides (GAEC, Greece)
3a.3 pdf Radon: raising awareness, promoting action (1.94 MB)
Mark Brennock (Murrays consultants, Ireland)
3a.4 pdf The role of reference levels in removing long-term controls: Post-Chernobyl sheep restrictions in the UK (1.73 MB)
Christopher Thomas (FSA, UK)
3a.5 pdf Experience from a high radon area in Norway (3.60 MB)
Anne Liv Rudjord (NRPA, Norway)
  Session 3b - Stakeholders involvement and responsibilities
Chairperson: Ian McAulay (former member of EC article 31 GoE)
3b.1 pdf A pluralistic and multi-disciplinary approach to post-accidental management: the CODIRPA French program (6.39 MB)
Florence Gallay (ASN, France)
3b.2 pdf The Montbéliard experience with managing radon (1.16 MB)
Sandra Biguenet (CEPN, France)
  Session 4 - Conclusions and recommendations
Chairpersons: Peter Shaw, Pascal Croüail (EAN)
4.1 pdf Report from the Working Group 1: ALARA challenges and practicalities at the national and regional level (131 KB) (The PPT is the result of the Working Group discussions. It has not been modified by the Editorial Team)
4.2 pdf Report from the Working Group 2: Considerations in chooding dose reference levels (37 KB) (The PPT is the result of the Working Group discussions. It has not been modified by the Editorial Team)
4.3 pdf Report from the Working Group 3:Economic and technical factors, and endpoints of optimisation (156 KB) (The PPT is the result of the Working Group discussions. It has not been modified by the Editorial Team)
4.4 pdf Report from the Working Group 4: Societal factors and stakeholder engagement (34 KB) (The PPT is the result of the Working Group discussions. It has not been modified by the Editorial Team)
4.5 pdf Conclusions and recommendations (920 KB)