Article

Confidence: achievements and way forward

¹ KIT – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
² CEH – UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster, United Kingdom
³ VUJE – VUJE, a.s., Trnava, Slovak Republic
⁴ IRSN – Institute for Radioprotection and Nuclear Safety, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
⁵ CIEMAT – Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas, Madrid, Spain
⁶ SCK-CEN − Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, Mol, Belgium
⁷ HMGU – Helmholtz Zentrum München–German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany

^* Corresponding author: wolfgang.raskob@kit.edu

Accepted: 17 March 2020

Abstract

The project CONFIDENCE (COping with uNcertainties For Improved modelling and DEcision making in Nuclear emergenCiEs) final dissemination event attracted 88 participants to review and discuss the project results and provide ideas for future research work. The workshop highlighted progress in understanding uncertainties in all phases of an emergency. It was also demonstrated that consideration of uncertainties are important when developing countermeasure strategies. Stakeholder engagement as well as societal and ethical aspects in decision making have to be considered. Formal decision making tools were improved and tested. In addition, CONFIDENCE participants, representatives of international organisations and end users, provided their ideas on research needs and the way forward.