Summary of the Week Joanne Brown Scientific Secretary Assessment - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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4th Meeting on the IAEA’s Programme on development, testing and harmonization of MOdels and DAta for Radiological Impact Assessment

Summary of the Week

Joanne Brown Scientific Secretary Assessment and Management if Radioactive Releases Unit Division of Radiation, Transport and Waste Safety Department of Nuclear Safety & Security

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Focus of Technical Meeting

• Complete and review work of the Working Groups
• Develop final reports
• Schedule high quality outputs to be published by IAEA

(+ possible Special Issue of JRP + Journal Papers)

• Discuss ideas for the future programme:
• Important to align with wider safety objectives of IAEA and consider

cross-cutting topics + continuing to respond to changing concerns of Member States

• Opportunities this week to input ideas and suggestions for the next

programme

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Suggestions for a new programme

• Thank you for all your views and suggestions
• This is the beginning of the planning process
• Consider needs & priorities of Member States and links to

the IAEA work programme & it’s functions / guidance

• Important to discuss across IAEA and with Member States

whether there are gaps in the guidance needed for RIA

• Important to look at what tools, models and approaches are

needed for different exposure situations and timescales eg complex vs simple approaches, data needs, links with monitoring data, how to present the results/data to regulators and interesting parties etc

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International Forum

• One of the main strengths of MODARIA
• Sharing, learning, discussing, developing

models, consensus

• Gaining new insights from new participants

handling different situations

• Training – important element and IAEA

needs to think about how best to address this need in the future.

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2020

• Consolidation of work from MODARIA I and II and
• publications. The Scientific Secretaries are here to help you
• Publications are important to demonstrate the work done

and the importance of the programme and linking research with application

• Planning for next programme 2021-
• Further discussions over coming months with range of

interested parties + questionnaire

• No fixed timetable but will be planning over next

6–9 months

• Possible small TM to discuss ideas and plans further

in 2020

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Your Input

• Via Working Groups
• Email IAEA or Chairman
• Respond to Questionnaire
• IAEA will be seeking ideas for

papers (and maybe suggesting some) for papers for Special Issue of JRP

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MODARIA II Programme: information

• Details on topics,
• WGs activities,
• Agendas and minutes of past meetings,
• PowerPoint presentations,
• Updates on future programme timetable

https://www- ns.iaea.org/projects/modaria/modaria2.asp?s=8&l=129# (or easier, Googling “IAEA MODARIA II”)

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Thank you for all for attending this week

J.Brown@iaea.org