Abstract
The Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC) is the Belgian nuclear regulator. Its mission is to protect population, workers and the environment against the negative effects of ionizing radiation. FANC is a federal institution that has the task of advising the population and the Government in a neutral and objective way. FANC reports to the Sub-commission for Nuclear affairs of the Belgian Parliament and the Federal Minister of Internal Affairs. FANC was founded in 1994, and the basic legislation came into force in 2001 (general regulation for protection against ionizing radiation). Its financing is generated through contributions from the nuclear sector. To accomplish this mission, FANC developed a wide range of activities in different domains where there is a potential risk of exposure to ionizing radiation due to human action or to natural causes. Its approach is based on the ALARA principle. Licensing and control of the use and applications of nuclear isotopes in the medical and industrial sectors, in nuclear installations and in nuclear power plants are one of the instruments used by FANC to reinforce and maintain a high level of safety. Another instrument is the surveillance of natural and cosmic radiation. The security of the transport of
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Environmental Soil Remediation: Communication with the Public in Flanders, Belgium. Annex I.
IAEA: N. p.,
2014.
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Environmental Soil Remediation: Communication with the Public in Flanders, Belgium. Annex I.
IAEA.
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2014.
"Environmental Soil Remediation: Communication with the Public in Flanders, Belgium. Annex I."
IAEA.
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title = {Environmental Soil Remediation: Communication with the Public in Flanders, Belgium. Annex I}
author = {None}
abstractNote = {The Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC) is the Belgian nuclear regulator. Its mission is to protect population, workers and the environment against the negative effects of ionizing radiation. FANC is a federal institution that has the task of advising the population and the Government in a neutral and objective way. FANC reports to the Sub-commission for Nuclear affairs of the Belgian Parliament and the Federal Minister of Internal Affairs. FANC was founded in 1994, and the basic legislation came into force in 2001 (general regulation for protection against ionizing radiation). Its financing is generated through contributions from the nuclear sector. To accomplish this mission, FANC developed a wide range of activities in different domains where there is a potential risk of exposure to ionizing radiation due to human action or to natural causes. Its approach is based on the ALARA principle. Licensing and control of the use and applications of nuclear isotopes in the medical and industrial sectors, in nuclear installations and in nuclear power plants are one of the instruments used by FANC to reinforce and maintain a high level of safety. Another instrument is the surveillance of natural and cosmic radiation. The security of the transport of nuclear sources, of nuclear installations and nuclear power plants is also an important task of the FANC. The primary scope of the control and licensing approach is prevention, in order to avoid any incident and/or unnecessary radiation exposure. Therefore, much effort is made to instil a general safety and security culture in all sectors concerned. To achieve this goal, FANC deploys resources to educate and inform different sectors of the general population. Examples are educational initiatives (transport), informative campaigns (radiation and pregnant women) or long term actions (radon information campaign). An important challenge in this area is to communicate in an understandable yet correct manner. The nuclear industry still tends to use expert language and is very nuclear power plant oriented; therefore, communication with the public and professionals in non-nuclear fields is a developing and improving area. In the context of this IAEA initiative, where communication about environmental remediation (ER) is investigated, the example of Belgian industrial soil remediation is described. The IAEA is convinced that Member States can learn from this experience, as there are many parallels with the ER of radioactively contaminated sites. This is especially the case in Belgium, where this type of soil pollution usually occurs together with other, chemical industrial pollution.}
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title = {Environmental Soil Remediation: Communication with the Public in Flanders, Belgium. Annex I}
author = {None}
abstractNote = {The Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC) is the Belgian nuclear regulator. Its mission is to protect population, workers and the environment against the negative effects of ionizing radiation. FANC is a federal institution that has the task of advising the population and the Government in a neutral and objective way. FANC reports to the Sub-commission for Nuclear affairs of the Belgian Parliament and the Federal Minister of Internal Affairs. FANC was founded in 1994, and the basic legislation came into force in 2001 (general regulation for protection against ionizing radiation). Its financing is generated through contributions from the nuclear sector. To accomplish this mission, FANC developed a wide range of activities in different domains where there is a potential risk of exposure to ionizing radiation due to human action or to natural causes. Its approach is based on the ALARA principle. Licensing and control of the use and applications of nuclear isotopes in the medical and industrial sectors, in nuclear installations and in nuclear power plants are one of the instruments used by FANC to reinforce and maintain a high level of safety. Another instrument is the surveillance of natural and cosmic radiation. The security of the transport of nuclear sources, of nuclear installations and nuclear power plants is also an important task of the FANC. The primary scope of the control and licensing approach is prevention, in order to avoid any incident and/or unnecessary radiation exposure. Therefore, much effort is made to instil a general safety and security culture in all sectors concerned. To achieve this goal, FANC deploys resources to educate and inform different sectors of the general population. Examples are educational initiatives (transport), informative campaigns (radiation and pregnant women) or long term actions (radon information campaign). An important challenge in this area is to communicate in an understandable yet correct manner. The nuclear industry still tends to use expert language and is very nuclear power plant oriented; therefore, communication with the public and professionals in non-nuclear fields is a developing and improving area. In the context of this IAEA initiative, where communication about environmental remediation (ER) is investigated, the example of Belgian industrial soil remediation is described. The IAEA is convinced that Member States can learn from this experience, as there are many parallels with the ER of radioactively contaminated sites. This is especially the case in Belgium, where this type of soil pollution usually occurs together with other, chemical industrial pollution.}
place = {IAEA}
year = {2014}
month = {May}
}