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Anne Marit streng Head of Information, Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority IAEA, IEM, 20.June 2012
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Norway has
No nuclear power plants. Two research reactors: - Kjeller (2 MW) - Halden (20 MW)
(The OECD Halden Reactor Project).
A combined disposal and storage facility for low and intermediate level radioactive waste.
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However
Radioactive fall-out as a consequence of atmospheric nuclear tests in the 1950s and 60s.
Chernobyl accident
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Hence
Media attention is high concerning anything nuclear For the Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority (NRPA), preparing and planning to manage a nuclear event means to prepare for an event that is likely to happen abroad, but that may have national consequences (Chernobyl experience) We depend on the information we can get from all relevant authorities and the IAEA
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We use the media and our website in order to communicate to the public
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Areas of improvement?
Domestically:
Designated spokespersons without other emergency response duties, adequate resource allocation, new technologies
In general:
Better access to timely and correct information about the accident The ability to meet the demand for information worldwide must be incorporated in every (regulatory) authoritys crisis communication planning. Information must be quickly forwarded to the IAEA Nuclear events, no matter where they may take place, concern all of us.
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