The Pilot Study represents the continuation of a collaborative scientific activity started on April 8th-12th, 2003, with the international workshop: “Risk assessment of Chernobyl Accident Consequences”, held in Kiev, Ukraine with 30 participants from Ukraine, Belarus, Russian Federation and Lithuania and 14 participants from western Europe and USA attended the workshop (Austria, Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, US), respectively presenting 29 and 10 papers.
Outline of the project
The Chernobyl accident triggered a considerable improvement of national and international procedures for nuclear emergency management and preparedness, especially in the areas of international communication and information exchange. However, there still remains room for improvement, for example in the field of coordinating the response to nuclear accidents, as well as in the area of decision making in the initial and later phases after an accident.
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