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CONFIDENCE: project description and main results

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 – Institut 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

Abstract

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.