COLLABORATION

The National Registry maintains broad international contacts and scientific cooperation of the National Registry on the Chernobyl topics, given the international community seeks to help the countries affected by the accident, namely Russia, Belarus and Ukraine to mitigate the consequences of the accident and to make the most of this tragic experience, so that the biological effects of radiation exposure be better understood and preparedness for potential radiation accidents be improved.

The National Registry has productive relationship with the World Health Organization, the Commission of European Communities, the IAEA, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, numerous scientific centers, state and public organizations including the Sasakawa- Chernobyl Foundation, the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (Japan) and other organizations.

The major international organizations cooperating with the National Registry include:

WHO - the World Health Organization

IAEA - the International Atomic Energy Agency

IARC - the International Agency for Research on Cancer

The National Registry works closely with lead centers abroad such as:

RM&HE RSPCRM – Republican science and practice center of radiation medicine and human ecology (Belarus)

BelCMT – Belarus center of medical technologies in informatics, management and economics in health care (Belarus)

USRCRM – Ukrainian scientific research center of radiation medicine (Ukraine)

RERF - Radiation Effects Research Foundation (Japan)

GRS – Gesellschaft fur Anlagen- und Reaktorsicherheit mbH (Germany);

IRSN – Institut de Radioprotection et de Surete Nucleaire (France)

NIRS - Nuclear Information and Resource Service (Japan)

NRPB - National Radiological Protection Board (UK)

International Chernobyl Center (Ukraine)

The staff of the National Registry has contributed significantly to the WHO International Program on the Health Effects of the Chernobyl Accident (IPHECA) and the subprojects of the French-German Initiative for Chernobyl.

The National Registry hosted major international conferences, meetings and workshops.

In 1995 the National Registry was granted the status of the Collaborating Center of the World Health Organization on research and training in radiation epidemiology.

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