AARHUS CONVENTION AND NUCLEAR (ACN) ROUNDTABLE ��CROSS-BORDER EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE TO NUCLEAR ACCIDENTAL AND POST-ACCIDENTAL SITUATIONS (EP&R)

JANUARY 12TH, 19TH, AND 26TH, 2022

CONCLUSIONS: NADJA ZELEZNIK, NTW

DAY 1:CURRENT PROGRESS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION EU EP&R PROVISIONS TOGETHER WITH A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE

• CURRENT ARRANGEMENTS AT NATIONAL AND EU LEVELS, TRANSBOUNDARY ASPECTS:
• STUDY ON THE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF EP&R REQUIREMENTS IN THE EU MEMBER STATES AND THE NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES: PRELIMINARY RESULTS AND PERSPECTIVES
• OUTCOMES OF THE IAEA/EC WORKSHOP (2018) ON EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE: REQUIREMENTS AND PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION
• PRESENTATION OF THE WHITE BOOK ON EMERGENCY AND POST EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ELABORATED BY ANCCLI, INCLUDING SPECIFIC ASPECTS ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSBOUNDARY EP&R
• MODELLING A MAJOR NUCLEAR ACCIDENT IN A HYPOTHETICAL EPR AND UNDERSTANDING THE DEPENDENCE OF THE MAGNITUDE OF TRANSBOUNDARY RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION

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• REGIONAL ROUNDTABLES WITH NATIONAL STAKEHOLDERS:
• FIRST REGIONAL ROUNDTABLE (FRANCE, BELGIUM, GERMANY, LUXEMBOURG) ON NON-RADIOLOGICAL CHALLENGES IN EP&R (ECONOMICS& INDUSTRY, TOURISM, WORKER FLOW AND HEALTH)
• SECOND REGIONAL ROUNDTABLE (BULGARIA, GREECE, UKRAINE, ROMANIA) ON IDENTIFICATION OF CROSS-BORDER RESOURCES IN NUCLEAR ACCIDENTAL AND POST-ACCIDENTAL CONTEXT

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OUTCOMES - 1

• OFFICIAL ORGANISATIONS (EC, IAEA, …) PROVIDED INTERNATIONAL PROVISIONS AND POINTED OUT ALSO SOME DEFICIENCIES IN EP&R ARRANGEMENTS
• ANCCLI POINTED OUT THE NECESSARY ISSUES TO BE CONSIDERED BASED ON THE EVALUATIONS IN CLIS
• REALISTIC MODELLING IS A PREREQUISITE OF THE PROPER PLANNING AND RESPOND: QUESTION OF THE EXTEND OF ACCIDENT WHICH CAN HAPPEN
• FIRST REGIONAL WORKSHOPS DISCUSS THE CHALLENGES IN LOCAL ENVIRONMENT: MORE SUPPORT TO THE ORGANISATIONS AT LOCAL INDUSTRY (SOME CAN NOT JUST STOP PRODUCTION), NEED TO MAKE PLANS SAFER FOR DIFFERENT TARGET GROUPS, HOW TO FACE THE POST ACCIDENT REALITY AND NEW CONDITIONS OF LIVING
• SECOND REGIONAL WORKSHOP EMPHASIZED EXAMPLES OF PREPAREDNESS BY THE AUTHORITIES, BUT ALSO LIMITATIONS AND FRUSTRATION OF CIVIL SOCIETY WHICH WOULD BE INVOLVED IN THE EP&R

DAY 2: POST-ACCIDENT GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES

• SERIOUS GAME METHODOLOGY, CALLED PEP - PATHWAY EVALUATION PROCESS, TO FOSTER DIALOGUE ON CROSS BOARDER SITUATION
• TWO TOPICS DISCUSSED WITH SEVERAL SITUATIONS:
• TOPIC 1 - SAFETY CONDITIONS AT WORK IN CONTAMINATED AREAS, EQUITY AND CONSISTENCY OF PROTECTION STANDARDS BETWEEN WORKERS AND POPULATION (IN CROSS-BORDER CONTEXT)
• TOPIC 2 - MANAGEMENT OF THE PRODUCTION AND MARKETING OF GOODS PRODUCED IN A CONTAMINATED AREA (IN CROSS-BORDER CONTEXT)
• THE OBJECTIVE IS TO IDENTIFY REMAINING CHALLENGES ATTACHED TO POST-ACCIDENT GOVERNANCE NOTABLY IN REGARD TO TRANSPARENCY AND IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF IMPROVING PREPARATORY PROVISIONS AND ALSO FOR THE FRAMING OF FUTURE R&D IN THE FIELD OF POST-ACCIDENT GOVERNANCE.

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OUTCOMES - 2

• MANY DIFFERENT PARTICIPANTS ATTENDED THE PEP EXERCISE: FROM COUNTRIES, ORGANISATIONS, DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS GROUPS – IN TOTAL 10 GROUPS WERE FORMED COMPOSED BY VARIETY OF ORGANISATION AND COUNTRIES
• THE ROLE PLAY ALLOWED FOR SHARING THE VIEWS AND OPINIONS, ALSO BRINGING NEW IDEAS AND REFRAMING OF THE USUAL RATIONALISATION, COULD BE ALSO UNDERSTAND AS THE WAY TO CONDUCT DISCUSSION IN CASE OF DIVERGENT VIEWS
• THE MEETINGS WERE RECORDED AND THE OUTCOMES WILL BE SUMMARIZED FOR THE FUTURE WORK

DAY 3: LESSONS FROM THE COVID REGARDING NUCLEAR POST-ACCIDENT CHALLENGES

CROSS ANALYSIS NUCLEAR POST-ACCIDENT/ COVID

• LOCAL FEEDBACK FROM COVID
• FEEDBACK FROM FUKUSHIMA
• SOME LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE COVID EXPERIENCE IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF NUCLEAR POST-ACCIDENT CHALLENGES

FINAL ROUNDTABLE- DRAWING FROM THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM COVID THE EMERGING CHALLENGES FOR EP&R

• WHAT IS DIFFERENT FROM PAST EXPERIENCE ? A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF RISKS ? TO WHAT EXCHANGE DOES IT CHANGE THE VISION FOR EP&R ?

OUTCOMES - 3

• COVID SITUATION IS HAVING SIMILAR IMPACTS AS WOULD HAPPEN DURING THE POST NUCLEAR ACCIDENT: IMPACTS ON THE ECONOMICS, WELFARE, HEALTH FOR WHICH STATES TRY TO DEVELOP THE NATIONAL/LOCAL ASSISTANCE
• WHAT IS NORMALITY AND IT IS POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE IT OR IT WOULD BE A NEW NORMALITY
• IMPORTANCE OF TRUST – TO BE BUILT IN THE PERIOD BEFORE AND NOT AFTER: CONDITIONS
• WITH COVID 19 ALSO THE POST ACCIDENT SITUATION IS MORE UNDERSTANDABLE
• PANEL DISCUSSION REVEAL MANY DIFFERENT VIEWS: FROM VERY GOOD PREPARATION TO NOTHING CHANGED 🡪 NEED FOR CONSTANT AND CONTINUOUS ATTENTION
• THE RESULTS CAN BE INPUT FOR NEW ACTIVITIES: BY EC, NATIONAL/LOCAL AUTHORITIES, RESEARCHERS, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS

THE AIM IS TO BE REALLY PREPARED FOR NUCLEAR EMERGENCY!

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