Report of the federal office of the public health (O.F.S.P.) in collaboration with the institute of radiation protection and nuclear safety (I.R.S.N.) concerning the zero point of the CERN

The the radiation monitoring of environment made in the vicinity of the CERN in the frame of zero point before the beginning of operation of the Large Hadronic Collider (L.H.C.) aims to establish an initial state of the radiological situation in atmosphere, soils and water areas in order to answer to following objectives: to provide a precise knowledge of actual levels of environmental radioactivity, in order to detect very early an impact of the operation of the L.H.C. facilities, eventually a process of contamination. Secondly, to check that the impacts of radioactive release and external irradiation observes the value of 0.3 mSv/year radiation dose and does not go over 1 mSv/year. to give a methodology and the implementation of monitoring means allowing an efficient control of metrological problems in case of radioactivity increase. (N.C.)