Rempan

Newsletter N29 is out ☢️🌎
https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/radiation/rempan-newsletters/rempan-newsletter-n-29-july-2024.pdf

Hard work showcasing, technical excellence, international cooperation, networking and collaboration based on long-term friendships and new ones sprouting too - this is the beauty of global gatherings like that.

Supporting Ukraine’s health emergency preparedness: WHO pilots a new tool for hospital response to radiation emergencies With the war in Ukraine entering its third year, the country continues to face risks related to chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) hazards. To bolster the preparedness of the national health systems for such risks, WHO piloted a new Hospital preparedness checklist for radiation e...

Live or die: what would you choose in a nuclear attack? | IHL | ICRC Let's decide the future of nuclear weapons before they decide ours.The world today needs the promise of a future without fear of annihilation, and this promi...

See you in Orlando!

IRPA 16/69th HPS Annual Meeting: IRPA 16 and Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources as Well as Industrial, Agricultural, Veterinary, Aerospace, and Military Applications

The IRPA 16 Congress (http://irpa2024.com/) to be held in Orlando, Florida, 7–12 July 2024 is an important international conference, attracting radiation protection practitioners from around the world. This is an opportunity to share practices, reconnect with colleagues and friends, and build your network.

For this congress, the topics of safety and security of radioactive sources have been combined with industrial, agricultural, veterinary, aerospace, and military applications into a main congress area theme. The organizers received almost 70 abstracts, 20 of which were selected to be oral presentations delivered in parallel sessions for the various topics mentioned above. The remaining abstracts will be offered as poster presentations. It was a difficult task selecting the final oral presentations as all abstracts were of high quality. The decision was based on the review of at least three experts in this area.

Speakers from 11 countries will be giving presentations on a wide range of topics in four separate sessions: on standards, directives, and regulations; on industrial, veterinary, and space applications; on military applications; and on safety and security of radioactive sources.

There will also be exciting presentations on radiation protection issues at accelerator facilities.

This is a great opportunity to meet in person with radiation protection practitioners from all over the world to discuss a great variety of topics and share experiences.

Renate Czarwinski, IRPA 16 Program Chair

WHO and Rempan are well represented at the NEA-DSA joint international workshop on radiation protection during armed conflict that is taking place this week in Oslo :

https://www.oecd-nea.org/jcms/pl_82793/radiological-protection-during-armed-conflict-improving-regulatory-resilience-and-operational-applications

The following infographics are now published.
Grateful for all colleagues who supported this work - Thank you so much!
Please feel free to share and use these posters. Other languages versions are coming soon.

https://www.who.int/multi-media/details/radiation-emergency-iodine-thyroid-blocking

https://www.who.int/multi-media/details/radiation-emergency-self-decontamination

https://www.who.int/multi-media/details/radiation-emergency-advice-for-pregnant-women

https://www.who.int/multi-media/details/radiation-emergency-external-exposure-vs-radioactive-contamination

https://www.who.int/multi-media/details/radiation-emergency-prussian-blue

https://www.who.int/multi-media/details/radiation-emergency-nuclear-power-plant-emergency

Nuclear power plant emergency Nuclear power plant emergency 21 August 2022  | graphics (poster) Download (821.8 kB) WHO Team Emergency Response, Radiation and health

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