Hazard Assessment – A Basis for a Graded Approach in Preparedness and Response for a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency Irrespective of the Cause

Date and Time

Thursday, 17 December 2020

13:00 – 15:00 UTC

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Language

French

Description

Requirement 4 of the IAEA Safety Standards Series No. GSR Part 7 ‘Preparedness and Response for a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency’ requires governments to ensure that a hazard assessment is performed to provide a basis for a graded approach in preparedness and response for a nuclear or radiological emergency.

Some activities and acts (like transport of nuclear materials, attacks using radiological dispersal device or radiological exposure device, detection of radioactive materials out of regulatory control, etc.) can lead to radiological emergency in an unforeseen location and by this represent a hazard that applies for all States and jurisdictions.

Hazard assessment provides the basis for making adequate arrangements for the emergency preparedness and response that are commensurate with the hazards identified and the potential consequences of an emergency.

The objectives of the webinar are:

• To raise awareness on the concept of hazard assessment within the requirements of IAEA Safety Standards Series No. GSR Part 7;
• To elaborate on the considerations relevant for the hazard assessment;
• To describe the steps necessary for performing hazard assessment.

Presenters

Mr Frederic Stephani, Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC), IAEA

Mr Tristan Barr, Health Canada, Canada

Mr Christian Vandecasteele, Belgium. Mr Vandecasteele retired from the Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC). He is a former Emergency Preparedness and Response Standards Committee (EPReSC) member and regularly participates as an external expert in many IAEA activities.

Moderator

Mr Frederic Stephani, IAEA’s IEC