title: RENEB accident simulation exercise.
abstract: The RENEB accident exercise was carried out in order to train the RENEB participants in coordinating and managing potentially large data sets that would be generated in case of a major radiological event.
  
  
  
  Each participant was offered the possibility to activate the network by sending an alerting email about a simulated radiation emergency. The same participant had to collect, compile and report capacity, triage categorization and exposure scenario results obtained from all other participants. The exercise was performed over 27 weeks and involved the network consisting of 28 institutes: 21 RENEB members, four candidates and three non-RENEB partners.
  
  
  
  The duration of a single exercise never exceeded 10 days, while the response from the assisting laboratories never came later than within half a day. During each week of the exercise, around 4500 samples were reported by all service laboratories (SL) to be examined and 54 scenarios were coherently estimated by all laboratories (the standard deviation from the mean of all SL answers for a given scenario category and a set of data was not larger than 3 patient codes).
  
  
  
  Each participant received training in both the role of a reference laboratory (activating the network) and of a service laboratory (responding to an activation request). The procedures in the case of radiological event were successfully established and tested.
authors: a Stockholm University , Centre for Radiation Protection Research, Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute , Stockholm , Sweden.|b University of Warsaw , Faculty of Physics, Department of Biomedical Physics , Warsaw , Poland.
authors: Beata
authors: B
authors: Brzozowska
authors: c Public Health England , Chilton , United Kingdom.
authors: Elizabeth
authors: E
authors: Ainsbury
authors: d Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences , Ghent University , Ghent , Belgium.
authors: Annelot
authors: A
authors: Baert
authors: e Health Canada , Ottawa , Canada.
authors: Lindsay
authors: L
authors: Beaton-Green
authors: f Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona , Spain.
authors: Leonardo
authors: L
authors: Barrios
authors: f Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona , Spain.
authors: Joan Francesc
authors: JF
authors: Barquinero
authors: g Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire , France.
authors: Celine
authors: C
authors: Bassinet
authors: h Bundeswehr Institut für Radiobiologie in Verbindung mit der Universtität Ulm , Munich , Germany.
authors: Christina
authors: C
authors: Beinke
authors: i National Public Health Centre - National Research Directorate for Radiobiology & Radiohygiene , Budapest , Hungary.
authors: Anett
authors: A
authors: Benedek
authors: j NRF iThemba LABS - Laboratory for Accelerator Based Sciences , Cape Town , South Africa.
authors: Philip
authors: P
authors: Beukes
authors: k Istituto Superiore di Sanità , Italy.
authors: Emanuela
authors: E
authors: Bortolin
authors: l Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology , Warsaw , Poland.
authors: Iwona
authors: I
authors: Buraczewska
authors: m Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares , Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa , Bobadela-LRS , Portugal.
authors: Christopher
authors: C
authors: Burbidge
authors: n Army Medical and Veterinary Research Center , Rome , Italy.
authors: Andrea
authors: A
authors: De Amicis
authors: k Istituto Superiore di Sanità , Italy.
authors: Cinzia
authors: C
authors: De Angelis
authors: k Istituto Superiore di Sanità , Italy.
authors: Sara
authors: S
authors: Della Monaca
authors: d Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences , Ghent University , Ghent , Belgium.
authors: Julie
authors: J
authors: Depuydt
authors: n Army Medical and Veterinary Research Center , Rome , Italy.
authors: Stefania
authors: S
authors: De Sanctis
authors: i National Public Health Centre - National Research Directorate for Radiobiology & Radiohygiene , Budapest , Hungary.
authors: Katalin
authors: K
authors: Dobos
authors: o Laboratorio de Dosimetría Biológica, Servicio de Oncología Radioterápica , Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón , Madrid , Spain.
authors: Mercedes Moreno
authors: MM
authors: Domene
authors: p University of Sevilla , Sevilla , Spain.
authors: Inmaculada
authors: I
authors: Domínguez
authors: q Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare , Italy.
authors: Eva
authors: E
authors: Facco
authors: k Istituto Superiore di Sanità , Italy.
authors: Paola
authors: P
authors: Fattibene
authors: r PROCyTOX, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives , Fontenay-aux-Roses, and Université Paris-Saclay , France.
authors: Monika
authors: M
authors: Frenzel
authors: m Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares , Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa , Bobadela-LRS , Portugal.
authors: Octávia
authors: O
authors: Monteiro Gil
authors: g Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire , France.
authors: Géraldine
authors: G
authors: Gonon
authors: g Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire , France.
authors: Eric
authors: E
authors: Gregoire
authors: g Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire , France.
authors: Gaëtan
authors: G
authors: Gruel
authors: s National Centre for Radiobiology and Radiation Protection , Bulgaria.
authors: Valeria
authors: V
authors: Hadjidekova
authors: t National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos , Athens , Greece.
authors: Vasiliki I
authors: VI
authors: Hatzi
authors: s National Centre for Radiobiology and Radiation Protection , Bulgaria.
authors: Rositsa
authors: R
authors: Hristova
authors: u Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority , Norway.
authors: Alicja
authors: A
authors: Jaworska
authors: i National Public Health Centre - National Research Directorate for Radiobiology & Radiohygiene , Budapest , Hungary.
authors: Enikő
authors: E
authors: Kis
authors: v Central Laboratory for Radiological Protection , Warsaw , Poland.
authors: Maria
authors: M
authors: Kowalska
authors: w Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz , Oberschleissheim , Germany.
authors: Ulrike
authors: U
authors: Kulka
authors: n Army Medical and Veterinary Research Center , Rome , Italy.
authors: Florigio
authors: F
authors: Lista
authors: i National Public Health Centre - National Research Directorate for Radiobiology & Radiohygiene , Budapest , Hungary.
authors: Katalin
authors: K
authors: Lumniczky
authors: x Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable , Montevideo , Uruguay.
authors: Wilner
authors: W
authors: Martínez-López
authors: y University of Tuscia , Italy.
authors: Roberta
authors: R
authors: Meschini
authors: z Helmholtz Zentrum München , Oberschleissheim , Germany.
authors: Simone
authors: S
authors: Moertl
authors: c Public Health England , Chilton , United Kingdom.
authors: Jayne
authors: J
authors: Moquet
authors: aa Institutul National de Sanatate Publica , Romania.
authors: Mihaela
authors: M
authors: Noditi
authors: w Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz , Oberschleissheim , Germany.
authors: Ursula
authors: U
authors: Oestreicher
authors: p University of Sevilla , Sevilla , Spain.
authors: Manuel Luis
authors: ML
authors: Orta Vázquez
authors: ab Agenzia Nazionale per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e lo Sviluppo Economico Sostenibile , Italy.
authors: Valentina
authors: V
authors: Palma
authors: t National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos , Athens , Greece.
authors: Gabriel
authors: G
authors: Pantelias
authors: ac Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe , Valencia , Spain.
authors: Alegria
authors: A
authors: Montoro Pastor
authors: ab Agenzia Nazionale per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e lo Sviluppo Economico Sostenibile , Italy.
authors: Clarice
authors: C
authors: Patrono
authors: r PROCyTOX, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives , Fontenay-aux-Roses, and Université Paris-Saclay , France.
authors: Laure
authors: L
authors: Piqueret-Stephan
authors: k Istituto Superiore di Sanità , Italy.
authors: Maria Cristina
authors: MC
authors: Quattrini
authors: n Army Medical and Veterinary Research Center , Rome , Italy.
authors: Elisa
authors: E
authors: Regalbuto
authors: r PROCyTOX, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives , Fontenay-aux-Roses, and Université Paris-Saclay , France.
authors: Michelle
authors: M
authors: Ricoul
authors: g Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire , France.
authors: Sandrine
authors: S
authors: Roch-Lefevre
authors: g Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire , France.
authors: Laurence
authors: L
authors: Roy
authors: r PROCyTOX, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives , Fontenay-aux-Roses, and Université Paris-Saclay , France.
authors: Laure
authors: L
authors: Sabatier
authors: q Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare , Italy.
authors: Lucia
authors: L
authors: Sarchiapone
authors: ac Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe , Valencia , Spain.
authors: Natividad
authors: N
authors: Sebastià
authors: l Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology , Warsaw , Poland.
authors: Sylwester
authors: S
authors: Sommer
authors: c Public Health England , Chilton , United Kingdom.
authors: Mingzhu
authors: M
authors: Sun
authors: ad National Institute of Radiological Sciences , Chiba , Japan.
authors: Yumiko
authors: Y
authors: Suto
authors: t National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos , Athens , Greece.
authors: Georgia
authors: G
authors: Terzoudi
authors: g Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire , France.
authors: Francois
authors: F
authors: Trompier
authors: d Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences , Ghent University , Ghent , Belgium.
authors: Anne
authors: A
authors: Vral
authors: e Health Canada , Ottawa , Canada.
authors: Ruth
authors: R
authors: Wilkins
authors: q Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare , Italy.
authors: Demetre
authors: D
authors: Zafiropoulos
authors: z Helmholtz Zentrum München , Oberschleissheim , Germany.
authors: Albrecht
authors: A
authors: Wieser
authors: z Helmholtz Zentrum München , Oberschleissheim , Germany.
authors: Clemens
authors: C
authors: Woda
authors: a Stockholm University , Centre for Radiation Protection Research, Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute , Stockholm , Sweden.|ae Jan Kochanowski University , Kielce , Poland.
authors: Andrzej
authors: A
authors: Wojcik
mesh_terms: D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005060:Europe; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D011853:Radiobiology / Q000193:education*; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014218:Triage / Q000458:organization & administration*
keywords: RENEB network; accident simulation; radiobiological event