Alpha Risk project - Dosimetry Committee Meeting held at WRI
The dosimetry committee for the Alpha Risk project met at Westlakes Research Institute on Friday the 8th of September. The Alpha Risk project is a pan-European study investigating the potential health effects of exposure to alpha particle emitters such as plutonium, uranium and radon. WSC is a partner in the Alpha Risk project, which is being funded under the EU’s research Framework Programme 6 (FP6). Tony Riddell from our Epidemiology and Statistics department is a member of the Alpha risk dosimetry committee and arranged for this meeting to take place at Westlakes.
Meeting Participants:
UK: Derek Bingham - AWE, Alan Birchall - Health Protection Agency (Chair), Richard Bull - RWE NUKEM, Tony Riddell - WSC
Belgium: Christian Hurtgen - SCK CEN
France: Eric Blanchardon - IRSN , Cécile Challeton-deVathaire - IRSN, Philippe Berard - CEA
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC): Isabelle Thierry-Chef (Project secretariat)