Optimised systems for monitoring radiation

In a nuclear or radiological emergency, prompt action is of paramount importance. For appropriate decision making in the early stage of an emergency, the fast delivery of comprehensive information on the existing or impending radiological situation is, therefore, essential.

Emergencies can be broken down into several phases with different needs for decision making. In the pre-release phase, prognostic information from models build a basis for decision making and in the later phases, monitored data becomes more and more important. Models in the later stage are mainly used for the prognosis of the evolution of the contamination, but no longer to define its location and characteristics.

Although monitoring and modelling have up until now often been used separately, new networks, systems or strategies combining these tools are believed to provide optimised results. Based on this, the EU-funded Detect project aimed to develop a methodology and planning tool for optimising monitoring systems in Europe.

More details can be found at the following link: http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=OFFR_TM_EN&ACTION=D&RCN=10902