Radiation protection research platforms
Created in
2011, the MELODI platform is the first radiation protection platform created in
the European framework. MELODI is gathering all the radiation protection
community in the low doses field (stakeholders, radiation protection
organisations and national authorities). France is very actively involved in
MELODI’s programmatic aspects.
The
ALLIANCE (« European Radioecology ALLIANCE ») platform was put in
place in 2013 to elaborate a long term vision on the needs in the radioecology
field, which studies interactions between radioactive substances and the terrestrial
(natural and semi natural) and marine environment.
Established
in 2012, the EURADOS network (« European Radiation Dosimetry Group »)
aims at supporting the scientific and technical research in the field of
ionising radiations dosimetry at the European and international levels. This
network is made of reference experts and laboratories in radiation protection,
radiobiology, diagnostic and radiotherapy.
Put in
place in 2017, NERIS (« European Platform on preparedness for nuclear and
radiological emergency response and recovery ») aims to foster the European
cooperation on preparedness for nuclear and radiological emergency response and
recovery.
Radiation protection community structuration
Radiation protection stakeholders are organised within EURAMED (« European Alliance for Medical Radiation Protection Research ») which gathers associations involved in the field of ionising radiations use: the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM), the European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (EFOMP), the European Federation of Radiographer Societies (EFRS), the European Society of Radiology (ESR) and the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO). The objective is to jointly improve medical care and the issues related to the protection against ionising radiations.
A European Joint Project (EJP), CONCERT, was also launched in 2015 to strengthen the collaboration and the pooling of these stakeholders means.
Those diverse platforms and networks involved in the fields of radiation protection and of radiobiology put themselves together to propose several priorities which translated into calls for proposals.
This
way, from 2014 until 2020, 6 research projects on radiation protection,
including CONCERT, benefited from a subvention of almost 63 M€ from the
European Commission. These projects gather around 20 French partners.