We are pleased to inform you that the preliminary programme of 3rd European Radiological Protection Research Week is now available for download : https://erpw2018.com/programme/preliminary-programme/

Online registration process is ready to use, so make sure to register before the event !

For more and detailed information including visits and side events, please visit the official conference website: https://erpw2018.com

23rd-24th April 2018

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The first workshop of the Eurpean Project CONFIDENCE will be held in Dublin the 23rd and 24th April 2018, just before the 4th NERIS Workshop.

Please note that on 25th April (9:30-12:30), the two European projects CONFIDENCE and TERRITORIES will organise a joint meeting to deal with the longer term consequences of an emergency and so share the results of their ongoing research works.

For further information (registration, agenda, venue, etc.) please visit the CONFIDENCE Website.

20th February 2018

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The European Radiation Protection Research Platforms MELODI, EURADOS, NERIS, ALLIANCE and EURAMED have jointly planned an open information and networking day related to the EURATOM Call NFRP-2018-8 last February 20th, 2018, in Munich.

As a result of this meeting, you can download here the different gap analyses of the European Platforms as well as the joint research topics that have been identified.

Please note that the upcoming NERIS Workshop (25-27 April 2018 in Dublin) will be the occasion to continue the discussions, as the last session of the workshop will be dedicated to the CONCERT Joint Roadmap and all the European Platforms have been invited to contribute to this session. So do not wait to sign up to the 4th NERIS Workshop!

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Save the date ! At the occasion of the NERIS Workshop in Lisbon, NERIS General Assembly will be held on 17 May (p.m).

More information will be communicated in the following months.

The Third International Conference on Risk Perception, Communication and

Ethics of Exposures to Ionising Radiation (RICOMET 2017) will be held from the

27^th to 29^th of June 2017 in Vienna (IAEA premises).

The conference Ricomet 2017 will include the following sessions, each open to presentations or posters:

• Integrating societal concerns and ethical considerations in emergency preparedness and response
• Social and ethical aspects in, and of, long-term exposure situations
• Challenges and Solutions for societal aspects of environmental remediation
• Stakeholder engagement in decommissioning of nuclear installations
• Strategic research agenda for Social Sciences and Humanities in radiation protection
• History of risk regulation, including Basic Safety Standards
• Establishing a European Platform for Social Sciences and Humanities research relating to Ionizing Radiation

Web page: http://ricomet2017.sckcen.be/en

You can access here to the 40th issue of the European ALARA Network Newsletter which deals notably with the Conclusions and Recommendations from the EAN-NERIS Workshop (Lisbon, May 2017) dedicated on the application of ALARA in emergency exposure situations.