Rempan

26/06/2025

Great work by my colleagues at the WHO Country Office in Ukraine and our Collaborating Center in Kyiv 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

07/08/2024

Newsletter N29 is out ☢️🌎

https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/radiation/rempan-newsletters/rempan-newsletter-n-29-july-2024.pdf

09/07/2024

Hard work showcasing, technical excellence, international cooperation, networking and collaboration based on long-term friendships and new ones sprouting too - this is the beauty of global gatherings like that.

05/04/2024

With the war in Ukraine entering its third year, the country continues to face risks related to chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) hazards. To bolster the preparedness of the national health systems for such risks, WHO piloted a new Hospital preparedness checklist for radiation e...

26/03/2024

Let's decide the future of nuclear weapons before they decide ours.The world today needs the promise of a future without fear of annihilation, and this promi...

17/03/2024

See you in Orlando!

IRPA 16/69th HPS Annual Meeting: IRPA 16 and Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources as Well as Industrial, Agricultural, Veterinary, Aerospace, and Military Applications

The IRPA 16 Congress (http://irpa2024.com/) to be held in Orlando, Florida, 7–12 July 2024 is an important international conference, attracting radiation protection practitioners from around the world. This is an opportunity to share practices, reconnect with colleagues and friends, and build your network.

For this congress, the topics of safety and security of radioactive sources have been combined with industrial, agricultural, veterinary, aerospace, and military applications into a main congress area theme. The organizers received almost 70 abstracts, 20 of which were selected to be oral presentations delivered in parallel sessions for the various topics mentioned above. The remaining abstracts will be offered as poster presentations. It was a difficult task selecting the final oral presentations as all abstracts were of high quality. The decision was based on the review of at least three experts in this area.

Speakers from 11 countries will be giving presentations on a wide range of topics in four separate sessions: on standards, directives, and regulations; on industrial, veterinary, and space applications; on military applications; and on safety and security of radioactive sources.

There will also be exciting presentations on radiation protection issues at accelerator facilities.

This is a great opportunity to meet in person with radiation protection practitioners from all over the world to discuss a great variety of topics and share experiences.

Renate Czarwinski, IRPA 16 Program Chair

14/03/2024

23/11/2023

WHO and Rempan are well represented at the NEA-DSA joint international workshop on radiation protection during armed conflict that is taking place this week in Oslo :

https://www.oecd-nea.org/jcms/pl_82793/radiological-protection-during-armed-conflict-improving-regulatory-resilience-and-operational-applications

25/08/2022

The following infographics are now published.
Grateful for all colleagues who supported this work - Thank you so much!
Please feel free to share and use these posters. Other languages versions are coming soon.

https://www.who.int/multi-media/details/radiation-emergency-iodine-thyroid-blocking

https://www.who.int/multi-media/details/radiation-emergency-self-decontamination

https://www.who.int/multi-media/details/radiation-emergency-advice-for-pregnant-women

https://www.who.int/multi-media/details/radiation-emergency-external-exposure-vs-radioactive-contamination

https://www.who.int/multi-media/details/radiation-emergency-prussian-blue

https://www.who.int/multi-media/details/radiation-emergency-nuclear-power-plant-emergency

Nuclear power plant emergency 21 August 2022  | graphics (poster) Download (821.8 kB) WHO Team Emergency Response, Radiation and health

26/05/2021

The importance of integrating mental health into preparedness and response plans for public health emergencies was emphasized by WHO Member States at the WHO Executive Board meeting held in January 2021. Delegates expressed their strong support for the adoption of a Decision on this topic, proposed....

12/03/2021

One more webinar by Radiation Research Society featuring Dr Norman Colman as a speaker.

Norm is an old friend and internationally acclaimed scientist. He is the Associate Director for the Radiation Research Program (RRP) and a Senior Investigator in the Radiation Oncology Branch (ROB) in the Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH.

He is also a Senior Medical Advisor and Member of the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNE) Team in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) in the US. Department of Health and Human Services, a position he has held since 2004. He serves as the Co-Chair of the Radiological/Nuclear Working Group of the Global Health Security Initiative (GHSI RN WG), where WHO is also a member.

In recognition of the 10 year anniversary of Fukushima, C. Norman Coleman MD presents: Black Swan Incidents Happen. The September 2001 terrorist incidents in the US led to action addressing "15 National Planning Scenarios", #1 being a terrorist nuclear detonation and #11 a radiological dispersal dev...

11/03/2021

Register today!

March 11 marks 10 years since the unprecedented triple disaster: Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident. This disaster and the years of recovery work that followed have taught the global community invaluable lessons in the resilience and humanity of t...