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HERCA-WENRA Approach for a better cross-border coordination of protective actions during the early phase of a nuclear accident

Creators

  • 1. Inspectie Leefomgeving en Transport - ILT (Netherlands)
  • 2. European Commission (European Commission (EC))
  • 3. National Center of Radiobiology and Radiation Protection - NCRRP (Bulgaria)
  • 4. National Research Institute for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene - OSSKI (Hungary)
  • 5. Bundesamt fuer Strahlenschutz - BfS (Germany)
  • 6. Icelandic Radiation Safety Authority - GR (Iceland)
  • 7. Public Health England - PHE (United Kingdom)
  • 8. Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management - BMLFUW (Austria)
  • 9. Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire - IRSN (France)
  • 10. Bundesumweltministerium - BMU (Germany)
  • 11. Division de la Radioprotection - DRP (Luxembourg)
  • 12. Federal Office of Public Health - OFSP (Switzerland)
  • 13. Nuclear Regulatory Agency - BNRA (Bulgaria)
  • 14. Bundesamt fuer Bevoelkerungsschutz - BABS (Switzerland)
  • 15. Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate - ENSI (Switzerland)
  • 16. Gesellschaft fuer Reaktorsicherheit - GRS (Germany)
  • 17. Office for Nuclear Regulation (United Kingdom)
  • 18. Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration - SNSA (Slovenia)
  • 19. Ministerie van Economische Zaken - Minez (Netherlands)
  • 20. Federal agency for nuclear control - FANC/AFCN TSO - Bel V (Belgium)
  • 21. State Office for Nuclear Safety - SUJB (Czech Republic)
  • 22. Autorite de surete nucleaire - ASN (France)
  • 23. Ministerie van Economische Zaken - MINEZ (Netherlands)
  • 24. Bundesumweltministerium - BMUB (Germany)
  • 25. Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear - CSN (Spain)
  • 26. Swiss Federal Office for Civil Protection - FOCP (Switzerland)
  • 27. Swedish Radiation Safety Authority - SSM (Sweden)
  • 28. Ministere de la Sante - MS (Luxembourg)
  • 29. Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland - RPII (Ireland)
  • 30. Urad Jadroveho Dozoru Slovenskey Republiky - UJD SR (Slovakia)
  • 31. Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority - STUK (Finland)
  • 32. Office for Nuclear Regulation - ONR (United Kingdom)
  • 33. Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority - NRPA (Norway)
  • 34. Federal agency for nuclear control - FANC/AFCN (Belgium)
  • 35. Heads of European radiological Protection Competent Authorities - HERCA, 15, rue Louis Lejeune, CS 70013, 92541 Montrouge cedex 6 (France)
  • 36. Western European Nuclear Regulators Association - WENRA (Country Unknown)

Description

The HERCA-WENRA Approach is an incentive approach that comprises the necessary mechanisms for countries to exchange adequate information and to achieve practical and operational solutions on a voluntary basis during an emergency leading to a uniform way of dealing with any serious radiological emergency situation, regardless of national border line, hence allowing for coherent and coordinated protective actions. The HERCA-WENRA Approach has the potential to improve the coherence of the response in case of a nuclear accident with impact on territories of other countries and to be used as guidance to implement Article 99.11 and 99.22 of the Euratom-BSS. It also fulfils recommendation No. 12.7.b of the so-known ENCO study and it further addresses some of the other recommendations. Content: General presentation of the HERCA WENRA Approach for a better cross-border coordination of protective actions during the early phase of a nuclear accident. Part I - HERCA-WENRA Approach for a better cross-border coordination of protective actions during the early phase of a nuclear accident. - General Mechanism. Part II - HERCA-WENRA Approach in case of a Severe Accident requiring Rapid Decisions for Protective Actions, while very little is known about the Situation

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Identifiers

URL
http://www.iaea.org/inis/Contacts/;

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
50 p.
Report number
INIS-FR--17-0450

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
48042050
Subject category
S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S99: GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS;
Descriptors DEI
DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY PLANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RECOMMENDATIONS; TRANSFRONTIER CONTAMINATION; WENRA
Descriptors DEC
ACCIDENTS; CONTAMINATION; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

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