Ulrike Kulka1, Michael Abend2, Elizabeth Ainsbury3, Christophe Badie3, Joan Francesc Barquinero4, Lleonard Barrios4, Christina Beinke2, Emanuela Bortolin5, Alexandra Cucu6, Andrea De Amicis7, Inmaculada Domínguez8, Paola Fattibene5, Anne Marie Frøvig9, Eric Gregoire10, Kamile Guogyte11, Valeria Hadjidekova12, Alicja Jaworska9, Ralf Kriehuber13, Carita Lindholm14, David Lloyd15, Katalin Lumniczky16, Fiona Lyng17, Roberta Meschini18, Simone Mörtl19, Sara Della Monaca5, Octávia Monteiro Gil20, Alegria Montoro21, Jayne Moquet3, Mercedes Moreno22, Ursula Oestreicher1, Fabrizio Palitti18, Gabriel Pantelias23, Clarice Patrono24, Laure Piqueret-Stephan25, Matthias Port2, María Jesus Prieto22, Roel Quintens26, Michelle Ricoul25, Horst Romm1, Laurence Roy10, Géza Sáfrány16, Laure Sabatier25, Natividad Sebastià21, Sylwester Sommer27, Georgia Terzoudi23, Antonella Testa24, Hubert Thierens28, Istvan Turai29, François Trompier10, Marco Valente30, Pedro Vaz20, Philippe Voisin31, Anne Vral28, Clemens Woda19, Demetre Zafiropoulos32, Andrzej Wojcik33. 1. a Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz , Department Radiation Protection and Health , Oberschleissheim , Germany. 2. b Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology affiliated to the University of Ulm , Munich , Germany. 3. c Public Health England, CRCE , Chilton , Didcot, Oxon , UK. 4. e Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , Barcelona , Spain. 5. f Istituto di Superiore di Sanità , Rome , Italy. 6. g Institutul National de Sanatate Publica , Romania. 7. h Army Medical and Veterinary Research Center , Rome , Italy. 8. i University of Sevilla , Seville , Spain. 9. j Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority , Oslo , Norway. 10. k Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire , Fontenay-aux-Roses , France. 11. m Radiation Protection Center , Vilnius , Lithuania. 12. n National Center for Radiobiology and Radiation Protection , Bulgaria. 13. o Forschungszentrum Jülich , Germany. 14. p Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority , Helsinki , Finland. 15. d affiliated to Public Health England, CRCE , Chilton , Didcot, Oxon , UK. 16. q National Public Health Centre - National Research Directorate for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene , Budapest , Hungary. 17. s Dublin Institute of Technology , Dublin , Ireland. 18. t University of Tuscia , Viterbo , Italy. 19. u HelmholtzZentrum München , Oberschleissheim , Germany. 20. v Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa , Bobadela-LRS , Portugal. 21. w Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe de la Comunidad Valenciana , Valencia , Spain. 22. x Servicio Madrileño de Salud - Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón , Madrid , Spain. 23. y National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos , Athens , Greece. 24. z Agenzia Nazionale per le Nuove Tecnologie, ĹEnergia e lo Sviluppo Economico Sostenibile , Rome , Italy. 25. aa PROCyTOX, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Fontenay-aux-Roses, and Université Paris-Saclay , Paris , France. 26. ab Belgian Nuclear Research Center , Mol , Belgium. 27. ac Institut Chemii i Techniki Jadrowej , Warsaw , Poland. 28. ad Universiteit Gent, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences , Gent , Belgium. 29. r affiliated to National Public Health Centre - National Research Directorate for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene , Budapest , Hungary. 30. ae French Army Biomedical Research Institute , France. 31. l affiliated to Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire , Fontenay-aux-Roses , France. 32. af Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro , Padua , Italy. 33. ag Stockholm University, Centre for Radiation Protection Research , Stockholm , Sweden.
Abstract
PURPOSE: A European network was initiated in 2012 by 23 partners from 16 European countries with the aim to significantly increase individualized dose reconstruction in case of large-scale radiological emergency scenarios. RESULTS: The network was built on three complementary pillars: (1) an operational basis with seven biological and physical dosimetric assays in ready-to-use mode, (2) a basis for education, training and quality assurance, and (3) a basis for further network development regarding new techniques and members. Techniques for individual dose estimation based on biological samples and/or inert personalized devices as mobile phones or smart phones were optimized to support rapid categorization of many potential victims according to the received dose to the blood or personal devices. Communication and cross-border collaboration were also standardized. To assure long-term sustainability of the network, cooperation with national and international emergency preparedness organizations was initiated and links to radiation protection and research platforms have been developed. A legal framework, based on a Memorandum of Understanding, was established and signed by 27 organizations by the end of 2015. CONCLUSIONS: RENEB is a European Network of biological and physical-retrospective dosimetry, with the capacity and capability to perform large-scale rapid individualized dose estimation. Specialized to handle large numbers of samples, RENEB is able to contribute to radiological emergency preparedness and wider large-scale research projects.
PURPOSE: A European network was initiated in 2012 by 23 partners from 16 European countries with the aim to significantly increase individualized dose reconstruction in case of large-scale radiological emergency scenarios. RESULTS: The network was built on three complementary pillars: (1) an operational basis with seven biological and physical dosimetric assays in ready-to-use mode, (2) a basis for education, training and quality assurance, and (3) a basis for further network development regarding new techniques and members. Techniques for individual dose estimation based on biological samples and/or inert personalized devices as mobile phones or smart phones were optimized to support rapid categorization of many potential victims according to the received dose to the blood or personal devices. Communication and cross-border collaboration were also standardized. To assure long-term sustainability of the network, cooperation with national and international emergency preparedness organizations was initiated and links to radiation protection and research platforms have been developed. A legal framework, based on a Memorandum of Understanding, was established and signed by 27 organizations by the end of 2015. CONCLUSIONS: RENEB is a European Network of biological and physical-retrospective dosimetry, with the capacity and capability to perform large-scale rapid individualized dose estimation. Specialized to handle large numbers of samples, RENEB is able to contribute to radiological emergency preparedness and wider large-scale research projects.
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