Overview of the International Radiation Monitoring Information System (IRMIS)

Radiation monitoring during a nuclear or radiological emergency needs to be integrated into decision making systems in such a way that its use will not impede the implementation of effective response actions. Conceptually, IRMIS is a collaborative Decision Support Tool between the IAEA and accident and neighboring states who either possess or lack state level decision support capabilities. Through the aggregation and display of routine monitoring data it can quickly be expanded to a powerful emergency communications tool that aids the assessment and prognosis conducted by the accident state, the IAEA and supporting states. As a decision support tool, IRMIS is fully capable of integrating fixed point monitoring data with deployed emergency monitoring data and comparing this to pre-established Operational Intervention Levels as well as planned or executed Public Protective Actions