title: PREPARE: innovative integrated tools and platforms for radiological emergency preparedness and post-accident response in Europe.
abstract: The PREPARE project that started in February 2013 and will end at the beginning of 2016 aims to close gaps that have been identified in nuclear and radiological preparedness in Europe following the first evaluation of the Fukushima disaster. Among others, the project will address the review of existing operational procedures for dealing with long-lasting releases and cross-border problems in radiation monitoring and food safety and further develop missing functionalities in decision support systems (DSS) ranging from improved source-term estimation and dispersion modelling to the inclusion of hydrological pathways for European water bodies. In addition, a so-called Analytical Platform will be developed exploring the scientific and operational means to improve information collection, information exchange and the evaluation of such types of disasters. The tools developed within the project will be partly integrated into the two DSS ARGOS and RODOS.
authors.affiliation: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany wolfgang.raskob@kit.edu.
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Raskob
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Protection Evaluation Centre (CEPN), Fontenay-aux-Roses, France.
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.affiliation: Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS), Neuherberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gering
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Radiation Protection and Safety Institute (IRSN), Paris, France.
authors.forename: Sylvie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Charron
authors.affiliation: Ukrainian Center of Environmental and Water Projects (UCEWP), Kiev, Ukraine.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhelezniak
authors.affiliation: National Center for Scientific Research 'DEMOKRITOS', Aghia Paraskevi, Greece.
authors.forename: Spyros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Andronopoulos
authors.affiliation: MUTADIS, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Heriard-Dubreuil
authors.affiliation: Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, SCK•CEN, Mol, Belgium.
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Camps
mesh_terms: D002959:Civil Defense / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods*; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000379:methods*; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012984:Software