title: Climate change and safety at work with ionizing radiations.
abstract: The accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company's (TEPCO's) Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (NPP) has been one of the dominant topic in nuclear safety and it has brought new attention on the matter of accidents in NPPs due to external events related to natural causes. Climate change has risen new risks and the growing probability of extreme external events has increased exposure and vulnerability of workers in the nuclear sector. However extreme natural events are a threat not only to NPPs but to all facilities dealing with radioactive material and in an emergency scenario they can affect the effectiveness and implementation of safety devices and procedures and also prevent communications, causing delays in the readiness of response. It is clear that adaptation strategies are necessary to cope with emerging changes in climate and a new nuclear safety culture is growing, that addresses accidents initiated not only by internal but also by external events.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio Radioprotezione per Impianti Fusione Nucleare e Grandi Acceleratori, Agenzia Nazionale per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia, e lo Sviluppo Economico Sostenibile (ENEA), Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Gian Marco
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Contessa
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina, Epidemiologia, Igiene del Lavoro e Ambientale, Istituto Nazionale per l'Assicurazione contro gli Infortuni sul Lavoro (INAIL), Monte Porzio Catone (Rome), Italy.
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Grandi
authors.affiliation: Sogin SpA, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scognamiglio
authors.affiliation: Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Elisabetta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Genovese
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio Radioprotezione per Impianti Fusione Nucleare e Grandi Acceleratori, Agenzia Nazionale per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia, e lo Sviluppo Economico Sostenibile (ENEA), Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Sandro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sandri
mesh_terms: D057231:Climate Change; D006801:Humans; D055848:Nuclear Power Plants; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011834:Radiation Monitoring; D011835:Radiation Protection; D011839:Radiation, Ionizing; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release