The final report of the 2nd radon workshop, organized by HERCA, with the participation of ILO, WHO and IAEA, is now available. Some recommendations underline, in particular, the need for international tools for the radon dose calculation and for European guidelines to facilitate the implementation of the new BSS requirements.
HERCA issued an Addendum to HERCA position paper on CT which includes in particular outcomes of the last HERCA multi-stakeholder meeting on the dose optimization of CT scanners organised on 1 april 2015 in Paris.
Following the publication of the Euratom BSS Directive, HERCA approved in 2014 a related action plan. One year after, HERCA presents progress of the action plan.
On 10 November 2015, the Board of HERCA approved the information paper on the “Contamination of non-food products”. The WGE analysed the issue with regard to the handling of contaminated non-food products following an accident. This regulatory gap has so far not been properly addressed in nuclear law.
HERCA Board has approved early November two new documents prepared by the HERCA Working Group on Emergencies: Guidance for bilateral arrangements and Common understanding of Emergency Workers. These documents are the first outcomes of the HERCA Action Plan on the transposition of EU BSS Directive.
The HERCA Board met in Athens on 9-10 november 2015. The heads of the European radiological protection competent Authorities discussed the on-going and future activities of HERCA.
To introduce the HERCA WENRA approach for a better cross-border coordination of protective actions during the early phase of a nuclear accident, HERCA and WENRA held a side event during
Sigurður Magnusson, director of the Icelandic Radiation Safety Authority and the Chair of HERCA received the Bo Lindell award at the Nordic Society´s conference in Roskilde, Denmark, on 24. August.
HERCA has organised on 6-8 July 2015, a workshop kindly hosted by the French nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) in its premises in Montrouge (France) on the implementation of Radiation Protection Expert (RPE) and Radiation Protection Officer (RPO). Experts from 17 European regulatory countries participating in HERCA plus experts from international organisations such as EC, IAEA, and IRPA participated in this workshop.