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Last updated : August 05 2008The IUR is a non-political and non-profit scientific organisation of professional radioecologists.
With a membership of over 600 from over 40 countries, IUR represents an authoritative source of information on all aspects of radioecology. IUR activities are organised through a number of Task Groups, workshops, conferences and training courses. The IUR also publishes a periodical newsletter and scientific topical reports for wider distribution.
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IUR Secretariat
IRSN, DS/DIR Centre d'Etudes de Cadarache
Bat. 229, BP 3
13115, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
Tel : +33 (0)4 42 19 97 35
Fax : +33 (0)4 42 19 91 54
The latest news
Short list of Themes and Leaders
2008-07-30
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1. Radioecological sensitivityCatherine Mercat (catherine.mercat-rommens@irsn.fr) & Franca Carini (franca.carini@unicatt.it)
2. Radioecological Parameter Values - Update of TRS 364 (IAEA/IUR)Philippe Calmon (philippe.calmon@irsn.fr) & Gabriele Voigt (g.voigt@iaea.org)
3. Radioecology of RiceShigeo Uchida (s_uchida@nirs.gov.jp) & Hirofumi Tsukada (hirof@ies.org.jp)
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IUR establishes closer links with NREA
2008-07-30
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[ Towards federating Environmental Radioactivity Associations ]
On the event of the International Conference NRE VIII that was held in Buzios, Brazil, in October 2007, the President of IUR met the Executive Board of the Natural Radiation Environment Association (NREA) in order to explore opportunities for establishing closer links between the two sister Organisations. NREA is a recently established Association that aims to discuss and resolve issues…
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New IUR website online now
2008-07-30
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[ Featuring online annual fee payment ]
The Secretariat is glad to give some information about the new web site of the Union which is now in operation. This last evolution of the web site has been guided by the will to improve as best as possible the services offered to the members, as well as the overall visibility of the Union's activities and skills of its members to a large audience.
The new web site is…
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Reporting on the General Assembly XXXIst
2008-07-30
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[ Held in Bergen, 18 June 2008 ]
The XXXIst General Assembly was held on the occasion of the International Conference on Radioecology & Environmental Radioactivity, on 18 June 2008, Bergen, Norway.
It endorsed some IUR management updates and the financial report, but esentially reported on scientific activities of IUR task groups and srategic aspects for the future.
The General Assembly has been introduced by a…
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Electronic annual fee payment and access to Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
2008-07-30
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[ Administration news ]
Since several months, the Secretariat is busy with improvements of the electronic tools that the Union is developing for the benefit of its members. As was announced by the current Union's President François Bréchignac during the General Assembly in Bergen (Norway, 18 June 2008), this will result in a new web site featuring various novelties that are briefly described…
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