EU-FUNDED PROJECT WANTS TO IMPLEMENT LESSONS LEARNED FROM FUKUSHIMA IN EUROPE

AT a time when European nuclear research projects following the Chernobyl disaster were wrapping up, Japan’s Fukushima accident exposed new gaps in Europe’s preparedness for a nuclear emergency. And a project backed by 43 organisations now wants to prepare Europe to react and communicate properly in case of a nuclear emergency, drawing on the lessons learnt after Fukushima.With Euro EUR4 million funding from the European Union’s (EU) Framework Programme for Research (FP7), the ‘Innovative integrative tools and platforms to be prepared for radiological ...


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