INCLUDING EXPENDITURE ON A STAFF OF 57 .
ARTICLE 3
DURING THE SECOND YEAR , THE PROGRAMME SHALL BE REVIEWED . THE RESULT OF THIS REVIEW SHALL BE COMMUNICATED TO THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT . THIS REVIEW MAY LEAD TO THE SUBMISSION BY THE COMMISSION OF A PROPOSAL FOR A REVISION OF THE PROGRAMME IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROPRIATE PROCEDURES .
ARTICLE 4
THE COMMISSION SHALL IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAMME AND SHALL BE ASSISTED BY THE MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE ( CGC ) ( RADIATION PROTECTION ) CREATED BY DECISION 84/338/EURATOM , ECSC , EEC ( 3 ) .
DONE AT BRUSSELS , 12 MARCH 1985 .
FOR THE COUNCIL
THE PRESIDENT
F . M . PANDOLFI
ANNEX
RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMME ( 1985 TO 1989 )
1 . THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAMME IS TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE WITH RESPECT TO SAFETY OF WORK AND PROTECTION OF MAN AND HIS ENVIRONMENT AND TO ASSURE A SAFE PRODUCTION OF ENERGY FROM ATOMIC FISSION AND , LATER , FUSION . IT ENDEAVOURS , THROUGH A COOPERATIVE EUROPEAN EFFORT .
- TO SCREEN AND ASSESS PROBLEMS RELATED TO RADIATION PROTECTION AND TO STUDY SUCH PROBLEMS BY SCIENTIFIC MEANS ,
- TO IMPROVE METHODS NECESSARY TO PROTECT WORKERS AND THE POPULATION BY UPDATING THE SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR APPROPRIATE STANDARDS AND BY FURTHER DEVELOPING TECHNIQUES TO PREVENT AND COUNTERACT HARMFUL EFFECTS OF RADIATION ,
- TO PROVIDE METHODS TO COPE WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF RADIATION ACCIDENTS ,
- TO ASSES RADIATION RISKS AND SET THEM IN PERSPECTIVE TO OTHER RISKS ARISING IN MODERN SOCIETY ,
- TO PROVIDE PERTINENT AND UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION FOR DECISION-MAKING .
2 . THE PROGRAMME WILL COVER RESEARCH ON :
- RADIATION DOSIMETRY AND ITS INTERPRETATION ,
- BEHAVIOUR AND CONTROL OF RADIONUCLIDES IN THE ENVIRONMENT ,
- NON-STOCHASTIC EFFECTS OF IONIZING RADIATION ,
- RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS ,
- GENETIC EFFECTS OF IONIZING RADIATION ,
- EVALUATION OF RADIATION RISKS AND OPTIMIZATION OF PROTECTION .
THE PROGRAMME WILL BE CARRIED OUT PRINCIPALLY BY RESEARCH CONTRACTS AND , TO A SMALL DEGREE , BY THE COMMISSION'S BIOLOGY GROUP AT THE ISPRA ESTABLISHMENT . THE COMMISSION WILL SUPPORT THE MOBILITY OF RESEARCH WORKERS IN ORDER TO ALLOW CONTRACTING LABORATORIES AN OPTIMAL EXECUTION OF RESEARCH WORK .