| STUDYID | STOREDB:STUDY1240 |
|---|---|
| CREATEDON | 2026-07-13 08:58:25 |
| MODIFIEDON | 2026-07-13 09:16:23 |
| UPLOADER | Hana Strakova |
| DOI | DOI:10.20348/STOREDB/1240 |
| STUDY NAME | ||
|---|---|---|
| CITISTRA | ||
| STUDY STATUS | ||
| Published: Open access to everyone | ||
| DATA SHARING POLICY | ||
| CC-Attribution No Derivatives | ||
| COUNTRY | ||
| Czech Republic | ||
| PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR | ||
| Jan Helebrant | ||
| BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE AVAILABLE | ||
| No | ||
| STUDY DESCRIPTION | ||
| Citizen measurements as complementary radiation monitoring strategy in threats due to armed conflict or natural disasters
(PIANOFORTE Partnership - European Partnership for Radiation Protection Research Horizon-Euratom – 101061037, WP9 Open Call 1) | ||
| DATASET NAME | ||
|---|---|---|
| Social and legal issues of citizen radiation measurements | ||
| DOI | DOI:10.20348/STOREDB/1240/1364 | |
| TASK | ||
| T9.4 | ||
| DELIVERABLE | ||
| D3.1 | ||
| DATASET 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, empower residents, and help detect anomalies that official monitoring might miss. On the other hand, these data often vary in accuracy, calibration, and methodology, which can create legal difficulties when authorities consider them for regulatory decisions, public warnings, or emergency responses.
Socially, the use of citizen data can strengthen trust if institutions acknowledge and integrate community findings appropriately. Legally, 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 report summarizes social and legal aspects of citizen radiation measurements in Czechia, Slovakia and Poland. The first part of the deliverable is devoted to description of the baseline status in each country - nuclear energy installations, the impact of the Chernobyl nuclear accident and the less old, although geographically distant, accident in Fukushima in 2011. The most significant factor that negatively influenced the public perception of radiation and radioactivity was the nuclear accident in Chornobyl in 1986. In all three countries, as satellite states of the Soviet Union, the published information was restricted and censored with clear effort to downplay the severity of the accident. The possibilities for citizen measurements in the 1980s were very limited. The impetus for the emergence of radiation measurement by citizens was the Fukushima accident in 2011. We review the most important projects and collaborations that emerged after the Fukushima accident in the field of citizen radiation measurements from small do-it-yourself projects to large ones, namely SAFECAST, which brought certain standards to this field and built everything on transparency and open data. The next part of the document describes 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. Finally, we summarize conclusions and recommendations of citizen radiation measurements integration into the broader radiation protection framework. The CITISTRA project demonstrates that citizen science can play a constructive role in radiation protection, provided that its limitations are acknowledged and its contributions are embedded within a robust legal and institutional framework. | ||
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| Report on public sociology survey to define trusted public group | ||
| DOI | DOI:10.20348/STOREDB/1240/1363 | |
| TASK | ||
| T 9.1 | ||
| DELIVERABLE | ||
| D1.1 | ||
| DATASET DESCRIPTION | ||
| This report provides the preliminary findings from a sociological survey aimed at
identifying trusted public groups. The survey was conducted in all three participating countries of the CITISTRA project - Czechia, Slovakia and Poland. More than 1,000 respondents were interviewed in each country. Each survey was conducted in the native language of the participating country. The first analysis allows for a sufficiently reliable identification of institutions, professional groups and other organisations that are perceived by respondents as suitable for contact with the public in the conditions of a radiation event, in particular because of their credibility, ability to carry out effective interventions and reliable measurements. The most trusted professional groups in all three countries are firefighters and the rescue services. These groups are not only perceived as trustworthy in general, but also in emergency situations and as a source of up-to-date radiation data. | ||
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