PROTECT

Protect: Protection of the environment from ionising radiation in a regulatory context

The EU EURATOM funded PROTECT project (FI6R-036425) began in October 2006 and ran for two years. It evaluated the different approaches to protection of the environment from ionising radiation and compared these with the approaches used for non-radioactive contaminants. This provided a scientific justification on which to propose numerical targets or standards for protection of the environment from ionising radiation.
H5. Assist in policy making and the derivation of environmental standards

The PROTECT project engaged with experts from different countries, with an emphasis on Europe but also international bodies and non-European organisations with practical experience of protection of the environment from ionising radiation. There were four work packages associated with the project:
Work Package 1: Environmental protection concepts; Work Package 2*:* Assessment approaches: practicality, relevance and merits; Work Package 3: Requirements for protection of the environment from ionising radiation and Work Package 4: Management and progress assessment.The outputs will help to inform a future revision of the EU Basic Safety Standards.