EUTERP

6th EUTERP Workshop

Legislative change in Europe:
the implications for training in radiation protection

September 30 – October 2, 2015

Athens, Greece

Programme and presentations

Tuesday September 29, 2015
18.30 – 19.00	Registration
19.00	Welcome reception
Wednesday September 30, 2015
09.00 – 09.30	Registration
09.30 – 09.45	Welcome Richard Paynter, EUTERP Christos Housiadas, Chairman, Greek Atomic Energy Commission, Greece
Session 1: Euratom Basic Safety Standard Chairperson: Vasiliki Kamenopoulou
09.45 –10.15	Overview of the new requirements in Euratom BSS Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM Richard Paynter, EUTERP
10.15 – 10.45	The views of HERCA Ton Vermeulen, HERCA
10.45 – 11.00	Overview of the poster contributions Michèle Coeck, EUTERP and SCK•CEN
11.00 – 11.30	Break
Session 2: Communicating radiation risks
11.30 – 11.45	Introduction by the facilitator Richard Paynter
11.45 – 12.00	Indoor Rn concentration and Greek building energy regulations. Educating Greek engineers Dimitris Karangelos, University of Athens, Greece
12.00 – 12.15	How do you explain radiation risk in a risky world? Elisabeth Grindrod, Public Health England, UK
12.15 – 12.30	Communicating the risks from radon – dealing with a wide and varied audience Joanne Stewart, Public Health England, UK
12.30 – 12.45	Radiological risks: how they are communicated by and to educators and trainers Metka Kralj, ARAO, Slovenia
12.45 – 13.00	Q&A
13.00 – 14.00	Lunch
Session 3: Occupational exposure
14.00 – 14.15	Introduction by the facilitator Joanne Stewart
14.30 – 14.45	Implementing the EU BSS: implications for the system of Education and Training in Germany Jan-Willem Vahlbruch, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany
14.45 – 15.00	Qualification in radioprotection in Belgium in view of the new BSS-Directive (2013/59/ Euratom) Annie Vanderlinck, Federal Agency for Nuclear Control, Belgium
15.00 – 15.15	Redefining the position of the Dutch supervising expert in light of the implementation of the basic safety standards in the Netherlands Barbara Godthelp, Authority for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection, The Netherlands
15.15 – 15.30	Q&A
15.30 – 15.45	Break
15.45 – 16.00	Initiatives of a regulatory authority for the training of veterinarians on radiation protection Sotiris Economides, Greek Atomic Energy Commission, Greece
16.00 – 16.15	Writing training programmes in a nuclear organisation Heleen van Elsäcker-Degenaar, NRG, The Netherlands
16.15 – 16.30	Q&A
16.30 – 17.00	Introduction to the working groups Richard Paynter, EUTERP
17. 00	Closure of day 1
18.00	Visit to the museum and dinner at the Acropolis
Thursday October 1, 2015
Session 4: Results of the ENETRAP III project
9.00 – 9.15	Introduction to the ENETRAP III project Michèle Coeck, SCK•CEN, Belgium
9.15 – 9.30	Development of specialised training modules for the RPE Csilla Pesznyak, BME, Hungary
9.30 – 9.45	From competences to contents by innovative teaching methods and tools Paul Livolsi, CEA-INSTN, France
9.45 – 10.00	Capacity building and transfer of know-how in radiation protection. Dissemination of ENETRAP results. Cristina Llorente Herranz, CIEMAT, Spain
10.00 – 10.15	Guidelines for the implementation of E&T programmes for RPE and RPO Annemarie Schmitt-Hannig, BfS, Germany
10.15 – 11.00	Q&A + discussion on the progress made and future work of ENETRAP III with the Consultancy Group
11.00 – 11.30	Break
11.30 – 12.30	Working groups: How to promote and improve stakeholder contributions to training in RP? How to increase awareness and visibility of existing training activities? Virginia Tsapaki & Stelios Christofides Communication and risk perception Michèle Coeck & Folkert Draaisma What is the value of a Train-the-Trainers approach? In what areas could this be usefully implemented? Joanne Stewart & Paul Livolsi
12.30 – 13.00	Intermediate reporting of the three groups
13.00 – 14.00	Lunch
Session 5: Occupational exposure in the medical sector
14.00 – 14.15	Introduction by the facilitator Virginia Tsapaki
14.15 – 14.30	The Radiation Protection Expert in the medical sector Stephen Evans, EFOMP, UK
14.30 – 14.45	Guidelines on radiation protection education and training of medical professionals in the European Union Stelios Christofides, Biomedical Research Foundation, Cyprus
14.45 – 15.00	The Medical Physics Expert Virginia Tsapaki, EFOMP, UK
15.00 – 15.15	Q&A
15.15 – 15.45	Break
Session 6: Emergency response
15.45 – 16.00	Introduction by the facilitators Ieva Gatelyte & Stelios Christofides
16.00 – 16.15	Training of RPEs for emergency response Folkert Draaisma, NRG, The Netherlands
16.15 – 16.30	Training of first line officers on emergency preparedness and response Antonios Maltezos, Greek Atomic Energy Commission, Greece
16.30 – 16.45	Training of first responders in the view of the legislative change in Europe Johannes Neuwirth, Seibersdorf Laboratories, Austria
16.45 – 17.00	Q&A
17.00 – 18.00	Working groups continued
18.00 – 19.00	EUTERP Associates meeting
Friday October 2, 2015
9.00 – 9.30	Reporting of the working groups
Closing session: Implementation of the BSS - Implications for education and training Chairperson: Michèle Coeck
9.30 – 10.30	Panel and plenary discussion
10.30 – 11.00	Break
11.00 – 11.30	EUTERP work plan 2015 – 2016: expectations from the Associates Joanne Stewart
11.30 – 12.30	Summary and conclusions of the workshop & outlook to future events Richard Paynter
12.30	Farewell lunch
Optional: Guided tour in Athens

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