Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE)

The objective of the Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) is to:

• Provide broad and regularly updated information on methods to improve the protection of workers and on occupational exposure in nuclear power plants, and
• Provide a mechanism for dissemination of information on these issues, including evaluation and analysis of the data assembled, as a contribution to the optimisation of radiation protection

Including:

• Promotion and co-ordination of international co-operative undertakings in the area of protection of workers at nuclear power plants, and
• Forum for communication between radiation protection experts

Products

• ISOE Database

  - World's largest database on occupational exposure data in nuclear power plants available on Microsoft ACCESS for all ISOE Participants.
  
  

• Annual Reports

  - Yearly overview of the achievements of the ISOE Programme
  
  

• Information Sheets

  - offering detailed studies and analyses of the ISOE Databases, as well as information on current issues in operational radiation protection
  
  

• International ISOE Workshops
  

  on Occupational Exposure Management in Nuclear Power Plants (ALARA)

Participation

The ISOE databases currently include occupational exposure information for 480 reactors, both operating and in cold shut down or some stage of decommissioning, operated by 69 utilities from 29 countries. National regulatory authorities from 26 countries participate also in the ISOE programme. Some 91% of the world's operating commercial nuclear reactors participate in the ISOE programme (403 from a total of 442).

ISOE management

The Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) was created by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) in 1992 and has since been co-sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to involve countries which are not members of the NEA. Subsequently the IAEA and NEA formed a joint Secretariat. The ISOE programme's overall direction is the responsibility of a Steering Group, which works in close collaboration with the NEA Committee on Radiation Protection and Public Health (CRPPH). More information.

Publications

Annual reports

• Occupational Exposures at Nuclear Power Plants: Sixteenth Annual Report of the ISOE Programme, 2006
  (pdf, 1.3 mb)

• Occupational Exposures at Nuclear Power Plants: Fifteenth Annual Report of the ISOE programme, 2005
  (pdf, 1.5 mb)
  
• Occupational Exposures at Nuclear Power Plants: Fourteenth Annual Report of the ISOE programme, 2004
  (pdf, 1.2 mb)
  
• Occupational Exposures at Nuclear Power Plants: Thirteenth Annual Report of the ISOE programme, 2003
  (pdf, 1.1 mb)
  
  
• Occupational Exposures at Nuclear Power Plants: Twelfth Annual Report of the ISOE programme, 2002
  (pdf, 737 kb)
  
  
• Occupational Exposures at Nuclear Power Plants: Eleventh Annual Report of the ISOE Programme 2001
  (pdf, 1.3 mb)
  
  
• Occupational Exposures at Nuclear Power Plants: Tenth Annual Report of the ISOE Programme 2000
  (pdf, 691 kb)
  
  
• Occupational Exposures at Nuclear Power Plants: Ninth Annual Report of the ISOE Programme 1999
  (pdf, 214 kb)
  
  
• Occupational Exposures at Nuclear Power Plants: Eighth Annual Report of the ISOE Programme 1998
  (pdf, 594 kb)

Other publications

• Occupational Exposure Management at Nuclear Power Plants
  Fourth ISOE European Symposium, Lyon, France, 24-26 March 2004
  
  
• Optimisation in Operational Radiological Protection
  A Report by the Working Group on Operational Radiological Protection of the Information System on Occupational Exposure, OECD, 2005
  
  
• Occupational Exposure Management at Nuclear Power Plants
  Third ISOE European Workshop, Portoroz, Slovenia, 17-19 April 2002
  
  
• ISOE - Information System on Occupational Exposure: Ten Years of Experience, OECD, 2002
  
  
• Work Management in the Nuclear Power Industry, OECD, 1997

Contacts

For further information on the ISOE programme, please contact:

Brian Ahier, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
E-mail: brian.ahier@oecd.org

Khammar Mrabit International Atomic Energy Agency
E-mail: K.Mrabit@iaea.org

Related links

ISOE Information Portal
www.isoe-network.net

ISOE Steering Group working area (requires password)

Asian Technical Centre
www.jnes.go.jp/isoe/

European Technical Centre
isoe.cepn.asso.fr

IAEA Technical Centre
www-ns.iaea.org/tech-areas/rw-ppss/isoe-iaea-tech-centre.htm

North American Technical Centre
hps.ne.uiuc.edu

ISOE management

ISOE databases

ISOE information sheets

ISOE workshops

NEA radiation protection programme

Overview of NEA joint projects

Last updated: 4 July 2008