To promote research in the field of the health effects due to low doses of ionizing radiation, the association MELODI (Multidisciplinary European Low Dose Initiative) wants to recognize each year a young researcher particularly active in this area by granting a MELODI Award at the annual International Conference MELODI.

The recruitment for the PhD theses at IRSN starting in 2012 has begun.

Although improving the prevention of nuclear accidents and developing better emergency response tools are ongoing research goals at IRSN, the Fukushima Daiichi disaster has prompted the Institute to redefine its objectives and step up its partnership initiatives.

To promote the dissemination of lessons learned from events occuring at very different kinds of facilities, IRSN has carried out a transversal analysis of the events occurred in 2009 and 2010 in civil basic nuclear installations (BNI) falling under the category "Laboratories, plants, facilities being dismantled, waste processing or interim storage facilities or disposal facilities" (LUDD). This analysis is a continuation of the one conducted in 2009, which covered the period from the years 2005 to 2008. It presents the general lessons learned and especially the main developments over the past two years, whatever it is: improvements, areas for improvement and points to watch.

Nuclear Safety: A Much Needed Public Debate was the title of a seminar held in Brussels in December 2011 by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). Attended by more than a hundred people, including many representatives of societal stakeholders, the debates focused on civil society and nuclear energy in a post-Fukushima world.