Abstract
Emergency preparedness and response systems for nuclear and radiological emergencies have to deal with decision-making in situations with relevant uncertainties. Consistent and appropriate protective measures must be decided before, during and after emergency situations. CONFIDENCE WP2 research helps to improve this decision-making process in the urgent response and the early response phase of emergency situations with potential major releases to atmosphere. This paper describes methods to reduce uncertainties in dose assessment for the population using data from stationary and mobile environmental monitoring programs. A special focus is given to identification of the measurement uncertainties of stationary and mobile monitoring systems. Methods to reduce these uncertainties and procedures to optimise mobile monitoring strategies are discussed. A first contribution towards assessing the quality of dose-rate measurements performed by the general population is made. In addition, the paper introduces approaches for advanced dose assessment tools using monitoring data and concepts for identifying critically exposed groups.
Highlights
Emergency preparedness and response systems for nuclear and radiological emergencies have to deal with decision-making in situations with relevant uncertainties
This paper describes methods to reduce uncertainties in dose assessment for the population using data from stationary and mobile environmental monitoring programs
This paper focuses on the reduction of uncertainties in the decision-making process in the early response phase using information from environmental monitoring
Summary
Emergency preparedness and response systems for nuclear and radiological emergencies have to deal with decisionmaking in situations with relevant uncertainties. Nuclear power plant accidents in Chernobyl (1986) and in Fukushima Daiichi (2011) prove that environmental monitoring data are very important for assessing the exposure to population in affected areas. Both accidents were characterized by released radioactive materials with activities above 100 PBq and the duration of the release exceed one week. This research aims to improve the preparedness and response capabilities in the early phase of a major accidental release situation It addresses different aspects of potential releases to atmosphere and discusses methods to improve environmental monitoring strategies including stationary monitoring and monitoring by mobile teams. Concepts for identifying critically exposed groups are introduced and discussed
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