Training course on preparedness and response for nuclear or radiological emergencies

• Intro
• Presentations
• Background
• Objectives and content
• Target audience
• Lecturers
• Main course topics
• Programme
• Language - Lecture notes
• Accommodation
• Registration fee
• Scholarships
• Scientific co-ordination
• Technical secretariat
• Contact
• Arrival by air/train
• Itinerary by road
• Venue

Main course topics

• Radiological emergencies
• Transfer pathways to the environment and exposure pathways
• Monitoring and data management strategies
• Principles of intervention
• Implementation of early countermeasures – Practical aspects
• Countermeasures for contaminated food production systems
• Countermeasures for inhabited areas
• Decision support systems: RODOS
• International data and information exchange
• Economic, psychological, social and ethical aspects of intervention
• Emergency plans: organisation & requirements
• Public information and crisis communication
• Community legislation
• Organisation of exercises
• Stakeholders’ involvement in preparedness activities for all phases of emergency management
• Specific issues related to radiological emergencies of other origin than nuclear accidents
• Triage, monitoring and treatment of people exposed to malevolent use of radiation
• Lessons learned from real accidents

Group activities will be organised in the form of workshops that allow discussing and exploring in depth several aspects presented during the course lectures. A comprehensive table-top exercise simulating a nuclear accident will be organised, plunging participants in the decision-making process and confronting them with the real difficulties.