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Attendance
by WSC staff at the International Conference on Radioecology
and Environmental Radioactivity, Bergen, Norway, 16-20 June
2008 |
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| The
WSC team on board the 3-masted barque ‘Statsraad
Lehmkul' |
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| A team
from Environmental Science (L-R above: Prof. Steve Jones,
Dr's. Paul McDonald, Sarah Watts, Jordi Vives and Philippe
Gleizon) has just returned from a conference organised
jointly by the Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority
(NRPA) and the Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté
Nucléaire (IRSN). |
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| The 3-yearly
cycle of meetings gives scientists from across the world
the chance to review and discuss recent achievements and
promote continued development in these wide-ranging subject
areas. This years conference was a key forum for researchers,
industry, regulators and experts for whom radioactivity
in the environment is of interest. |
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| The main
conference themes were: |
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- Emergency Preparedness and Rehabilitation
- TENORM/NORM including Radon
- Radioecology (general, Arctic and speciation)
- Risk Assessment
- Radiation in Society
- Radioactive Waste
- Environmental Protection
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| The WSC
team was well represented with an oral keynote lecture
by Dr Paul McDonald presenting the results of an IAEA
international collaboration on modelling of naturally
occurring radioactive material (NORM). |
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| WSC also
gave five poster and associated oral presentations: |
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- Allometric modelling of transfer parameters in
the marine environment
- Dynamic model for the assessment of radiation impacts
on marine biota, and related extensions of the ERICA
assessment methodology
- Scoping assessment of groundwater doses to biota
at the Sellafield site
- Modelling the long-term dispersion of radioactive
liquid effluent and dose from marine pathways using
a grid model
- Sea to land transfer of radionuclides in Cumbria
and North Wales: updating of previous investigations
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| In addition
to presenting talks and posters, the team also delivered
demonstrations of the dynamic model software for doses
to biota and extensions to the ERICA tool developed in-house
at WSC; presenting the results of our work to interested
scientists and developing ideas for further research with
other participants. |
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Dr.
Jordi Vives discussing factors
affecting allometric scaling |
Dr.
Sarah Watts explaining Westlakes' approach
to the biokinetic modelling of doses to biota |
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| WSC were
also involved in work presented by other organisations,
namely, findings of the IAEA Biota Working Group, delivered
at the meeting by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
(Lancaster), impacts to biota at a coastal dune system
(University of Liverpool) and predictions of the environmental
impact of radionuclides from a deep geological ground
repository, delivered by Enviros, in collaboration with
WSC and the NDA. |
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| Further
information on the conference can be found in the following
document: |
| http://www.radioecology.info/Bergen2008/graphics/EnvConf_programme_web.pdf |
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| The
waterfront at Bergen |
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