CEPN is a non-profit organisation created in 1976 to establish a research and development centre in the fields of optimisation of radiological protection and comparison of health and environmental risks associated with energy systems.

The studies are undertaken by a group of a dozen of engineers and economists. The research programme is evaluated by a Scientific Council.

The association currently has three members: the French public electricity generating utility (EDF), the Institute of Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) and the French Alternatives Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA).

CEPN is a a non-profit organisation created in 1976 to establish a research and development centre in the fields of optimisation of radiological protection and comparison of health and environmental risks associated with energy systems.

Recent publications

Engaging health professionals and patients in the medical field: role of radiological protection culture and informed consent practices.

SCHIEBER C., PÖLZL-VIOL C., CANTONE M.C., ŽELEZNIK N., ECONOMIDES N., GSCHWIND R., ABELSHAUSEN B., SAVU D., LAFAGE S., LIUTSKO L., CHARRON S., TURCANU C. and GEYSMANS R

Radioprotection 2020, 19 May 2020, 8 pp.

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Stakeholder involvement through national panels and surveys to address the issues and uncertainties arising in the preparedness and management of the transition phase.

MONTERO M., SALA R., TRUEBA C., GARCÍA-PUERTA B., ABELSHAUSEN B., BOHUNOVA J., CROÜAIL P., DURAND V., DURANOVA T., HILLIARD C., MAITRE M., MITRAKOS D., MONTEIRO GIL O., NUNES10 P., PAIVA I., REIS M., SCHNEIDER T., SKUTERUD L., SMITH V., TAFILI V., THØRRING H., TURCANU C., TWENHÖFEL C. and VAN ASSELT E.

Radioprotection 2020, 8 May 2020, 8 pp.

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Assessment of population radiation exposure at the edge of the exclusion zone 32 years after the Chernobyl accident: methods and preliminary results.

J.-M. Bertho, M. Maître, P. Croüail, W. Naito, N. Shkliarava, A. Mostovenko, K. Jones and M. Simon-Cornu

Radioprotection, Vol. 54, n° 4, (octobre-décembre 2019) 247-257.

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The role of radiological protection experts in stakeholder involvement in the recovery phase of post-nuclear accident situations: Some lessons from the Fukushima-Daïchi NPP accident.

Thierry Schneider,, Mélanie Maître, Jacques Lochard, Sylvie Charron, Jean-François Lecomte, Ryoko Ando, Yumiko Kanai, Momo Kurihara, Yujiro Kuroda, Makoto Miyazaki, Wataru Naito, Makiko Orita, Noboru Takamura, Koichi Tanigawa, Masaharu Tsubokura and Tetsuo Yasutaka

Radioprotection, Vol. 54, n° 4, (octobre-décembre 2019), 259-271.

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Summary of SFRP-IRPA workshops on the reasonableness in the practical implementation of the ALARA principle

Jean-François Lecomte, Amber Bannon, Yann Billarand, Peter Bryant, Marie-Claire Cantone, Roger Coates, John Croft, Stéphane Jean-François, Bernard Le Guen, Caroline Schieber and Thierry Schneider

Radioprotection, Vol. 54, n° 4, (octobre-décembre 2019) 

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Exhibitions / Projects

Vous avez dit Radioprotection ?

Vous avez dit Radioprotection ?

Did you Say Radiation Protection? Stories of X-Rays, Radioactivity, etc …” is a traveling exhibition devoted to radiation protection, that is to say all the means to protect workers, the public and the environment from potentially harmful effects of X-rays and of radioactivity.

La robe et le nuage

Robe et Nuage

La robe et le nuage propose au lecteur une plongée dans le monde de la radioactivité qui n'a rien d'un pensum pour physiciens avertis. Bien au contraire, l'ouvrage, destiné au grand public, s'attache à retracer l'histoire des rayons X et de la radioactivité, ainsi que celle de son nécessaire pendant : la radioprotection. Rédigé par un spécialiste français du sujet et une journaliste scientifique, il aide à mieux comprendre la radioactivité, de La robe de Marie Curie au nuage de Tchernobyl.

ETHOS in Belarus

ETHOS en Biélorussie

Le projet européen ETHOS avait pour but d’améliorer durablement les conditions de vie des habitants des villages dont la vie quotidienne a été fortement affectée par la présence à long terme de contamination radioactive à la suite de l’accident de Tchernobyl. Il s’agissait d’une nouvelle démarche pluridisciplinaire basée sur une implication forte de la population dans l’évaluation et la gestion du risque radiologique en concertation avec les autorités locales, régionales et nationales et des experts biélorusses.