34th ISOE Management Board meeting: Source term management, training and more

Members of the Management Board of the Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) convened for their 34th meeting in Saint-Denis, France, on 3-5 December.

The Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE), a forum for experts to share information about improving radiological protection for workers at nuclear power plants, held its 34th Management Board meeting on 3-5 December 2024, with a key focus on source term management and education and training in radiological protection.

The Management Board of the ISOE, which is administered jointly by the NEA and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), meets annually to make rules for the group, approve policy and governance documents, and provide guidance for the proper management of its programme of work. The Management Board is composed of leading experts representing 77 nuclear licensees and 27 regulatory authorities from 31 countries. Staff of the four ISOE Technical Centres (Asia, Europe, North America, and other non-NEA member countries served by the IAEA) as well as the Joint NEA/IAEA Secretariat support those meetings. The 2024 meeting was held at the premises of operator EDF in Saint-Denis, France.

The meeting included two topical sessions on source term management and radiological protection (RP) education and training. Presentations at the topical sessions covered:

• Actions to reduce source term in operating nuclear power plants in China, France, Japan and the United States;
• The characterisation of source term at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant;
• Medical isotope production in Canada and tritium analysis in Canada and the United States;
• RP education and training for RP professionals and exposed workers in operating nuclear power plants from France, Japan, Pakistan and the United States;
• An introduction to the NEA International Radiological Protection School (IRPS): Preparing Tomorrow’s RP Leaders.

Presentations on dose information and key events from 2023-2024 were given by national co-ordinators from Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, Pakistan, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the United States.

The Management Board reviewed feedback received from the technical centres and the ISOE secretariat on the decisions, agreements, commitments, actions and recommendations of its previous meeting, in December 2023, and determined, among other things, to endorse:

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• ISOE Programme achievements and the Technical Centres’ performance in 2024 as presented in the relevant consolidated reports;
• ISOE documents and publications drafted by the Joint NEA/IAEA Secretariat since the 33rd Management Board meeting;
• The keynote activity report of the Vice-Chair for the ISOE Working Group on RP Aspects of Decommissioning Activities at Nuclear Power Plants (WGDECOM) on the performance under its Programme of Work (2024-2027); and
• The ISOE Programme of Work in 2025.

Steps were identified to further extend the ISOE membership, for example by encouraging more utilities/licensees and regulatory authorities to participate. Initiatives were also considered to increase involvement of young health physicists in the ISOE activities and database.

The meeting of the Management Board was followed by a half-day ISOE Bureau and Technical Centres meeting, primarily focused on the feedback on the decisions of their previous meeting in May 2024. Actions to implement the agreed ISOE Programme of Work in 2025 and beyond were outlined.

The next meetings of the Management Board, Bureau and Technical Centres will be hosted by the IAEA in December 2025.

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