Belarusian experts to visit French radiation monitoring laboratories

Belarusian experts will visit the crisis center and laboratories of environmental radiation monitoring at the Institute of Radiation Protection and Nuclear Security (IRSN, France). The visit is envisaged by the program of the trip in Paris for a delegation of the department for nuclear and radiation security of the Emergencies Ministry of Belarus, BelTA learnt from the Gosatomnadzor.

It is planned that during the visit slated for 4-5 August the department for nuclear and radiation security and IRSN will sign a framework agreement on cooperation in nuclear and radiation security.

“The document will create a framework for cooperation n such areas as the development of methods to assess security and inspect NPP construction sites, crisis management and the use of mobile laboratories to monitor the radiation situation and in other areas as well,” the Gosatomnadzor noted.

IRSN is an organization that provides technical support to the French regulating body of the Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN).