11 new members from Canada have recently been appointed and joined the Union. Among them, we are pleased to welcome 9 young radioecologists currently studying at the McMaster University of Toronto, Canada. Some of these students took part in the Chernoby777 course, from 18 to 29 May 2009, which included a visiting trip on site to meet with local scientisits and to develop several… Read more >>
[ Memorandum of Understanding ]
Memorandum of Understanding signed on 11-28 April 2008
Considering that there is a mutual interest in promoting closer cooperation between IUR and the international scientific "Journal of Environmental Radioactivity" (JENR, Elsevier), Nicolette van Dijk, in quality of Publisher of JENR, and François Bréchignac, in quality of President of IUR, recently negotiated with…
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The Department of Medical Physics and Applied Radiation Sciences of the McMaster University, (Ontario, Canada) provides a Graduate course "CHERNOBYL 777" which will be held around the Chernobyl Zone from 18 to 29 May 2009, sponsored in part by IUR. See the agenda of graduate Course CHERNOBYL 777. The students who will take part in this course are expected to interact… Read more >>
[ 10 hot topics discussed at INSINUME 2008 International Symposium, 13-16 October 2008, Rabat, Morocco ]
Organized by CNESTEN in Rabat (Morocco) in the fall of 2008, this was the largest INSINUME conference of the series with 230 participants (of which 110 from abroad), representing a total of 43 countries with further official representation and support from both IUR and IAEA.
The 10 hot topics that have captured interest and prompted active discussion during the conference…
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[ PUBLICATIONS ]
1. XXXVII Klechkovsky Radioecological Readings. Proceedings of the conference,
Obninsk, 27 November 2008/ Ed. R.M. Alexakhin. Obninsk: RIARAE, 2009, 280
p.
This book contains proceedings of the annual Radioecological readings
named after V.M. Klechkovsky (1900-1972), the founder of national radioecology,
participant of the USSR Atomic project. It includes the first…
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[ Deadline for application: 30 june 2009 ]
Innovative/Pioneering radioecology research in the Lake District
Project title: Marine food web interactions for dynamic dose to biota assessment
Three-year studentship: Tuition fees and annual stipend at current research council rate, consumables and training support, as well as a travel budget for attending appropriate conferences and meetings with our Norwegian partners.
If you are…
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[ Metz, France, August 30 to September 4, 2009 ]
Ecotoxicology for Environmental Health
The organizing committee of the 14th International Symposium on Toxicity Assessment is pleased to invite you to participate in this fourteenth Symposium, which is to be held in the beautiful city of Metz, France, from August 30th to September 4th, 2009.
Please consult the dedicated page for the *ISTA14* conference where information can…
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[ Stockholm University, Sweden ]
PhD studentship in Radioecology: Predicting the ecological fate and distribution of radionuclides in aquatic ecosystems.
Department of Systems Ecology, Stockholm University, Sweden
Deadline for applications 2 May 2009
For more information see http://www.ecology.su.se/ads/Dnr_19-2009_TOX_CB_UTBB.pdf
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[ 4-5 May, 2009, at CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain ]
The Radioecology and Waste Task Group, chaired by Almudena Aguero, will meet for a Workshop that is to take place at the CIEMAT premises, in Madrid (Spain), early next May.
The main objective of the Workshop is to finalise the preparation of the next Task Group report including further recommendations about the needs for research and
development for a number of radionuclides present in…
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SCK-CEN, the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre, starts his Campaign 2009 towards the young researchers who would be interested in joining its team. Visit the dedicated page on SCK-CEN site for more practical information. And send your application form before April 10, 2009 to awm@sckcen.beor to Annik Stessens, Human Resources, Boeretang 200, BE-2400 MOL. Read more >>