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Stakeholder Engagement in Radiation Protection: Insights from European IRPA Congress 2010

Explore key insights on stakeholder engagement in radiation protection from the Third European IRPA Congress 2010 held in Helsinki, Finland. Sessions covered nuclear waste management, worker protection, emergencies, public safety, and regulatory standards. Learn about involving stakeholders in decision-making, training initiatives, and policy development to enhance radiation protection practices.

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Stakeholder Engagement in Radiation Protection: Insights from European IRPA Congress 2010

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  1. 2010 Helsinki Regional IRPA Meeting Results, Stakeholder Engagement Experience Third European IRPA Congress 2010, Helsinki, Finland

  2. The Role of the Public Expert Body on Stakeholder Engagement • A workshop on: The Role of the Public Expert Body on Stakeholder Engagement in Radiation Protection was held on 14.6.2010 • Presentations in the session demonstrated partial implementation of IRPA Guiding Principles for Radiation Protection Professionals on Stakeholder Engagement in: • Nuclear energy utilisation • Post-event management • Norm exposures • Medical exposures • Capacity building • Formulating guidance and recommendations • Number of stakeholder involvement benefits were identified most important being quality and sustainability of decisions Third European IRPA Congress 2010, Helsinki, Finland

  3. Session 5 - Waste & decommissioning • Waste from decommissioning of nuclear installations is now a reality, and the final HLW disposal will become a stakeholder issue in many countries • Role of stakeholder in the planning process • Finland’s approach to licensing and regulatory control of geological repository for spent nuclear fuel • Role of stakeholders in waste management.   • Radiation Protection organization in radioactive waste management at the Joint Research Centre of Ispra • Meaning of site-specific data in dose assessment: case of concentration ratios in boreal forest Third European IRPA Congress 2010, Helsinki, Finland

  4. Session 7 – Education and training • Roles of different experts need to be specified • Emerging tools, platforms, and networks promise future improvements • Capacity building: • Developing a radiation protection culture at school • How to share with children the basic knowledge about radioactivity and nuclear Risks?  • Nuclear Training Centre experience in radiation protection culture Third European IRPA Congress 2010, Helsinki, Finland

  5. Session 8 - Protection of workers • Occupational dose optimisation • Work management to optimise occupational radiological protection at nuclear power plants • Industrial stakeholder co-operation   • EPR: Comparative approach of the French and Finnish regulatory reviewing process and optimization of radiation-protection at the design phase Third European IRPA Congress 2010, Helsinki, Finland

  6. Session 10 - Nuclear and radiological emergencies and incidents • Stakeholders as part of decision support network • How user involvement improves decision support: Experiences from the EURANOS project  • Involvement of stakeholder in consequence management • Stakeholder involvement in development of TMT Handbook – Triage, Monitoring and Treatment of people exposed to ionising radiation following a malevolent act Third European IRPA Congress 2010, Helsinki, Finland

  7. Session 15 - Radiation protection of the public • Involvement of stakeholders in policy development • New Swedish regulations for clearance of materials, rooms, buildings and land Third European IRPA Congress 2010, Helsinki, Finland

  8. Session 18 - Recommendations, standards and regulations • Stakeholder Involvement in Medical Practices • Report of the Heads of European Radiation Control Authorities HERCA . • Stakeholder opposition to clearance of materials • Comparison of current clearance standards and their brief history Third European IRPA Congress 2010, Helsinki, Finland

  9. Session 19 - Radiation and the society • To enable involvement of society in radiation protection: • Conditions for dialogue must be created • Experts must be willing to understand the public and the diversity of associated perspectives • Common shared language must be used • The baseline judgments in science and values must be appreciated • Capacity has to be built up in society and in the radiation protection profession • New and novel ways of disseminating information and involving society in radiation protection are being researched and used. • IRPA 13 Living with radiation - Engaging with society, has a strong emphasis on societal dimension of radiation protection. • At IRPA 13 We hope to see more examples of implementation of the IRPA guiding principles and new ways of engaging with the society. Third European IRPA Congress 2010, Helsinki, Finland

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