title: Regional long-term co-operation in the field of nuclear and radiation emergency preparedness.
abstract: Emergency preparedness is generally covered by methodical and coordinative activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Member States of the IAEA and by the European Commission (EC) in EU Member and EU Accession Countries. However, the regional harmonisation of emergency arrangements is an important trend of emergency preparedness. The present paper gives a couple of illustrative examples for a regional co-operation in the field of emergency preparedness in Central Europe and an overview on international exercises in this region. The penultimate section contains an outlook on future activities regarding regional co-operation in Central Europe. The following topics have been suggested inter alia: the harmonisation of intervention criteria and countermeasures, co-ordination in the field of information of the public, comprehensive bi lateral and multilateral exercises, exchange of experts between the national nuclear emergency centres and inter-comparison calculations of the computer codes.
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Regulatory Authority of the Slovak Republic, Bajkalská 27, 820#07 Bratislava, Slovakia. vladimir.sladek@ujd.gov.sk
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sladek
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Metke
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Janko
authors.forename: J-K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Hohenberg
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hofer
mesh_terms: D003660:Decision Support Systems, Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004630:Emergencies; D005060:Europe; D005062:European Union; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D009688:Nuclear Reactors; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000379:methods*; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D012307:Risk Factors; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*