European Community Urgent Radiological Information Exchange

The European Community for sharing information in radiological emergencies System, or Ecurie (English European Community Urgent Radiological Information Exchange), is a European Union system for the exchange of information in case of a nuclear technical emergency.

The system was / 87 decided in 1986 in direct response to the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and put into operation. In addition to the Member States of the European Union, Switzerland also takes part in the information system.

Where a participating state in the event of a nuclear emergency comprehensive measures to protect the population, he is obliged by this system, to inform the Commission and the Member States that are affected or likely to be, and provide them information.

It must contain information on the nature, timing, or the location of the events and the facility or activity involved, the cause as well as planned or already initiated preventive measures ( eg, mean nuclear power plants ) are made.

After receiving this information, the Member States must inform the Commission of the measures taken or planned and the recommendations made and - informed of the measured radioactivity in food and feed, drinking water and the environment - at reasonable intervals. The Commission shall forward this information and the information that it receives from third countries, the competent authorities of the other Member States.

The information from the Ecurie system can be used without restriction, unless they are designated by the Member State which has made ​​the information as confidential.

Activations

The first activation was carried out after an incident in the cooling system of the Slovenian Krško Nuclear Power Plant on June 4, 2008.

Four days after an incident in a Belgian Nuclear Research Institute in Fleurus is the night of 28 to August 29, 2008 Europe-wide alert (level three on the seven-part International Review Nuclear Event Scale ) has been triggered. The alarm clock was at 00:10, after about 45 GBq iodine ( 131I ) were released over the exhaust system into the environment.