Em maio de 2010, a União Europeia lançou a iniciativa Centros de Excelência nos domínios químico, biológico, radiológico e nuclear (QBRN). Esta iniciativa foi concebida para reforçar a capacidade institucional de países terceiros na atenuação de riscos QBRN que, se não forem combatidos, podem co...
In the 1950s, recognising that the possible cross-border consequences of a nuclear accident required an international nuclear liability regime, a special third-party liability regime was developed to cover nuclear sites. Today three Conventions (the Paris/Brussels Conventions, the Vienna Convent...
The European Commission organises every year, in cooperation with the Group of Experts referred to in Article 31 of the Euratom Treaty, a Scientific Seminar on emerging issues in Radiation Protection – generally addressing new research findings with potential policy and/or regulatory implication...
The role of technical, scientific and operational expert support is analysed through case studies and scenarios. The technology demonstrations show that cooperation between competent authorities is necessary for the successful handling of a nuclear security event both nationally and internationa...
This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the PETI Committee, aims at gaining deeper insights into the legal aspects of cross border nuclear safety and cooperation in the European Union. It analyses t...
This report presents a survey on the strategies and plans of 10 selected EU member states (MS) for the transposition and implementation of the EP&R provisions of the BSS Directive. With a view to supporting more coherent approaches to the implementation of the BSS Directive, it presents results ...
Around a quarter of the electricity and half of the low-carbon electricity in the EU is generated by nuclear energy. Plant operators, under the supervision of national regulatory authorities, are responsible for the safety of their installations. With the amendment to the 2009 Nuclear Safety Dir...
The purpose of this Vade-mecum is to give a general overview of the measures taken by the Member States as well as at Community level in order to deal with disasters. It covers topics which are mainly of interest : - to responsible officials working in the field of civil protection at the nation...
