Consultancy Meeting on Science, Technology and Society Perspectives on Nuclear
Science, Radiation and Human Health
Hiroshima 2017

EU project on development of healthsurveillance procedures

OPERRA / SHAMISEN
Brief overview
Koichi Tanigawa, Fukushima Medical University
On behalf of Elisabeth Cardis (ISGlobal)

Concept & Main Objectives• To build up an umbrella coordination structure that has
the capacity in a legal and logistical sense to administer
future calls for research in radiation protection on behalfof the European Commission• The MELODI Association will take the lead with thesupport of sister structures as equal partners (e.g.
Alliance, NERIS, EURADOS, EURAMET, EUTERP, etc.)
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Role of SHAMISEN

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OPERRA Call for Proposals 2014

E. Cardis, ISGlobal• SHAMISEN

Nuclear Emergency Situations - Improvementof Medical And Health Surveillance– Build upon lessons learned from experiences ofpopulations affected by Chernobyl, Fukushima andother radiation accidents– To develop recommendations for medical andhealth surveillance of populations affected byprevious and future radiation accidents.

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Radiation accidents – Chernobyl, Fukushima …

6 years since Fukushima and 31 years since Chernobyl ….
 Clear indications that not only radiation but accidents, remediation
actions and health surveillance have an impact on health: Social and psychological impact in affected populations – Relocation – loss of home, social relations, work, control on one’s life Uncertainties: health effects / conflicting information
 ??? Contamination levels of milk, food, water, outside
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Expected outcome– Recommendations for health surveillance andmedical follow-up of affected populations, withparticular attention to:• Dose assessment supporting emergency response, including evacuation
 clinical decision making in the aftermath and long-term follow-up of populations;• Improvement of living conditions of affected populations,
 responding to their needs and engaging them in surveillance programmes
 while avoiding generation of unnecessary anxiety;

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Expected outcome• If and where feasible (in particular in Chernobyl),
improvement of estimates of radiation-induced risk– for radiation protection and– for communication with affected populations,

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List of participating organisations
ISGlobal
EPN
NMBU
UNEW
IRSN
IARC
ISS
NIRS
WIV-ISP
InVS
UAB
NRPA
ISGlobal
BfS
EURADOSNERISUhiroshima
Unagasaki
FMU

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Fundació Instituto de Salut Global de Barcelona
Centre d’étude sur l’Evaluation de la Protection dans le domaine Nucléaire
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Newcastle University
Institut de radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire
International Agency for Research on Cancer
Istituto Superiore de Sanita
National Institute of Radiological SciencesBelgian Scientific Institute of Public HealthInstitut de Veille Sanitaire
Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority
Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona
Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz
European Radiation Dosimetry platform
European Platform on Preparedness for Nuclear and Radiological Emergency Responseand Recovery
Hiroshima University
Nagasaki University
Fukushima Medical University

List of experts• External experts– Key actors of the follow-up and screening of populations exposed
as a result of Chernobyl in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine– In emergency response, psychology, philosophy and ethics

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Dimitry Bazyka, Ukraine.

Bjørn Hoffman, Norway

Evelyn Bromet, USA.

Sergey Igumnov, Belarus.

Andrey Bushmanov, Russia

Viktor Ivanov, Russia.

Zhanat Carr, WHO

Alexander Rozhko, Belarus.

Bernd Grosche, Germany

Geraldine Thomas, UK

Johan Havenaar,
Netherlands

Mykola Tronko, Ukraine

And colleagues

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Timetable – December 2015 to May 2016
Meeting –lessons
learned

ST4

CCA1
CCA2
CCA3

ST5
Legend34

353637♦ MS438♦ MS739Month40♦ MS5MS241

♦ MS6

D2.1
D2.2
D2.3

42

43

4445464748♦ MS13MS3MS15
D3.1

ST3A3.1
A3.2
A3.3
A3.4
A3.5

MS133

MS14

A2.1
A2.2
A2.3

32

MS11
D1.1

ST231

MS10

ST1

Subtask
A1.1
A1.2
A1.3

MS9

Gantt ChartFinal meeting –recommendations
presented

MS12
D2.4

Kickoff
meeting

D4.1♦♦ - Meeting

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D - Deliverable♦