Supporting activities available at SCK•CEN in the aftermath of the Fukushima accident

In the aftermath of the Fukushima accident, SCK•CEN offers its services to anyone requesting support in a number of domains.

Conditions

Priority is given to demands by the Belgian or international authorities and in-house needs.
Activities are performed according to high-level standards at commercial rates; in case capacity problems would occur, priority will be given to control of food and feeding stuffs over other activities.
SCK•CEN can provide analysis reports, but will not decide upon actions in case radioactive contamination is found. In that case, the Federal Agency for Nuclear Control has to be contacted.

Dedicated information and training sessions	Contact
SCK•CEN can offer dedicated information and training sessions adapted to the needs and the prior knowledge of the participants	Dr. Michèle Coeck	+32 14 33 21 80
Analyses and verifications	Contact
Verification of radioactive contamination in food or feeding stuffs or other liquids, powders, grains…	Dr. Michel Bruggeman Ing. Leen Verheyen	+32 14 33 28 86 +32 14 33 27 18
Verification of potentially contaminated equipment, preferably at our premises in Mol, or – if capacity is sufficiently available – in the premises of the client	Dr. Fernand Vermeersch Ing. Isabelle Majkowski	+32 14 33 24 33 +32 14 33 27 15
Assessment of internal contamination of persons	Dr. ir. Filip Vanhavere Ingrid Geboers August Damen	+32 14 33 28 59 +32 14 33 28 40 +32 14 33 28 24

The contact person can provide you with any further information on practicalities and pricing.

	Please contact
Loaning of equipment	Commercial vendors of equipment
Activities to supervise import via the harbours or airports	Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC-AFCN) Controlatom	www.fanc.fgov.be www.controlatom.be
Representative sampling	Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC-AFCN)	www.fanc.fgov.be
Safety of the Food Chain	Federal Agency for the Food Chain (FAVV-AFSCA)	www.favv.be