OREANDA-NEWS. November 14, 2008. A corporate scientific-practical conference-seminar “Methodological and Technological Guarantees of Radiation Safety. Individual Radiation Risk Assessment on the Basis of Dose Matrix” took place in Obninsk Nov 11–13 2008.

The organizers of the event were the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Department of Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation and the Central State Institute for Chief Executive Training (SCICET).

Over 100 radiation and nuclear safety specialists from different regions of Russia, representatives of research institutes, Energoatom Concern and Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation. 

The pro-rector of SCICET V.Artisyuk and the head of the Radiation, Industrial and Ecological safety Division of the Nuclear and Radiation Safety Department of Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation A.Pnafilov welcomed the conferees. 47 reports were made during the seminar. They covered a wide range of problems concerning radiation safety: changes in regulations, new IAEA recommendations, standardization of radiation risks, guarantees of sustainable development of nuclear industry, experience of radiation safety organizations in the field of individual control, state of radiation control systems and methods.

The audience showed keen interest in the reports by specialists of the Federal Medical-Biological Agency and the Russian Academy of Sciences concerning the medical aspects of radiation safety.

The Doza, Lumex and Ristec companies presented their radiometric and spectrometric equipment at a special exhibition of individual protection means. It was an excellent opportunity for the conferees to see the best models of radiation control equipment with their own eyes, to establish contacts and to conclude delivery contracts.

Each of the conferees was granted a book about radiation safety and radiation control. The conferees were also taken on an excursion to Borovsky Monastery and other local sights.