CONFIDENCE: project description and main results

W. Raskob (1) , N.A. Beresford (2) , T. Duranova , Irène Korsakissok (3) , Anne Mathieu (4) , M. Montero (5) , T. Müller (6) , C. Turcanu (7) , C. Woda (8)

1 KIT - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
2 NERC - Natural Environment Research Council
3 IRSN/PSE-SANTE/SESUC/BMCA - Bureau de Modélisation des transferts dans l'environnement pour l'études des Conséquences des accidents
4 IRSN/PSE-ENV/SERPEN/BERAP - Bureau d'études et d'expertise en radioprotection de la population
5 Service d’ORL et Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale [CHU Clermont-Ferrand]
6 JMU - Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
7 SCK-CEN - Centre d'Etude de l'Energie Nucléaire
8 Helmholtz Zentrum München = German Research Center for Environmental Health

The project CONFIDENCE (COping with uNcertainties For Improved modelling and DEcision making in Nuclear emergenCiEs) performed research on identifying and reducing uncertainties in the release and post-release phases of an emergency. The project started in January 2017 as part of the European Joint Programme CONCERT. It brought together 31 partners from 18 countries and involved members of five European Radiation Protection Platforms namely ALLIANCE, EURADOS, MELODI, NERIS and SHARE. The work program included research on early phase modelling and monitoring considering weather, source term and monitoring uncertainties. Consideration of social, ethical and communication aspects was a key part of our activities. This comprised strategy development in the transition phase together with stakeholder interaction, understanding of the population and which uncertainties are relevant for decision-making. Finally, formal decision aiding techniques were investigated and tested.

Keywords: emergency management; uncertainties; decision support; CONFIDENCE; emergency management uncertainties decision support CONFIDENCE

Domains: Environmental Sciences

W. Raskob, N.A. Beresford, T. Duranova, Irène Korsakissok, Anne Mathieu, et al.. CONFIDENCE: project description and main results. Radioprotection, 2020, 55, pp.S7-S15. ⟨10.1051/radiopro/2020008⟩. ⟨irsn-04337746⟩