Dr. Ma hias ZÄHRINGER, Federal Office for Radiation Protection, Germany "EP&R and Information - the situation in Germany" SEMINAR ON PUBLIC INFORMATION IN EP&R: http://www.nuclear-transparency-watch.eu/activities/nuclear-emergency-preparedness-and-response/seminar-on-public-information-in-epr.html

1. EPR and Information - the situation in Germany
Matthias Zähringer
Head of Department Emergency Management
Federal Office for Radiation Protection
Germany
prepared for
Addressing the requirements on public information in EP&R from BSS (Articles 70 and 71)"
1st December 2016 in Luxembourg
Seminar co-organised by the European Commission and NTW

2. Situation in Germany after Chernobyl
Special disaster planning zones 25km around
NPPs, no plan for long range contamiantion
Accountability by States, federal government
had only supervising role
No clear accountability for contaminationlimits in
food etc.
Information chaos

3. Integreated Measurement and Information System
IMIS
• 1800 Probes
•Internetaccess
http://odlinfo.bfs.de
•Mobile version available
Ambient Dose Rate Monitoring System

4. Integreated Measurement and Information System
IMIS
Air Monitoring

5. Integreated Measurement and Information System
IMIS
Publicly accessible :
http://www.imis.bfs.de/geozg

6. Information in Preparation Phase
― Information by the NPP and local
disaster management authorities
― Information programmes by BMUB
and BfS
― Low public interest except when
special issues pop up, e.g. Tihange

7. Conclusions
― Well developed monitoring system (StrVG) in response to Chernobyl
― Germany phasing out nuclear energy, last shutdown in 2022
― High public concern on radioation risk from neighbouring NPPs
― Traditional aproach „one message one voice“ - outdated
― Now concepts under development: „one message, many voices“,
― social media big challenge
― Stakeholder Involvement is a must but difficult to do
― Preparation and expansion of risk and crisis communication is essential
for mitigating psychological health effects

8. View from Schauinsland monitoring station