Speaker
Description
Citizen-led radiation measurements play an increasingly important role in environmental monitoring, but they also raise important social and legal questions about how such data can be used by official authorities and institutions. On one hand, measurements provided by the public can enhance transparency, but on the other hand, the data often vary in accuracy, calibration, and methodology. These issues create legal difficulties when authorities consider to use citizen radiation measured data for regulatory decisions, public warnings, or emergency responses.
National authorities must navigate privacy rules, the validity of non-certified instruments, liability for acting on public measurements, and standards for incorporating third-party data into official assessments. Overall, the relationship is a balance between public empowerment and the need for scientifically validated, legally defensible information.
The presentation is devoted to the discussion of the legal framework in case of a radiation emergency and possible implementation of the citizen radiation measurements including the main limitations related to data quality and data quality control.
Acknowledgements:
The CITISTRA project has received funding within the PIANOFORTE partnership from the Euratom program under grant agreement no. 101061037.