HAEA won the EC RESPEC project

In June 2012 the Directorate General for Energy of the European Commission (EC) opened a tender on the RESPEC project (Radiological Emergency Support Project for the European Commission) for the period from 2013 to 2016.

The task of the contracted organisation is to provide assessment support and professional assistance to the organs of the EC – especially to the Radiation Protection Unit – during a radiological or nuclear accident affecting the territory of the European Union. For this purpose the contracted organisation shall support the EC with nuclear and radiological analyses, elaboration of proposals on protective actions and verifying the content of the press releases that are prepared to inform the media by the EC. The HAEA applied for the tender, and with its application was selected to be the winner for the RESPEC project. This means that the HAEA may continue to provide the supporting tasks in the future. During the last period from 2007 to 2010 the HAEA successfully performed its tasks specified in the contract. These tasks are continuously implemented in the current period (from 2010 to 2013), for example HAEA was activated and helped the work of the EC during the severe accident in Fukushima in 2011.