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Job position for an expert in Biosphere Modelling and Radiological Impact Studies

2011-06-10
[ SCK-CEN (Mol, Belgium) Environment, Health and Safety Institute ]
Research
SCK-CEN is looking for an expert in Biosphere Modelling and Radiological Impact Studies to help with the performance of radiological impact studies and the development of biosphere model (radiological impact model), primarily in connection with the disposal of radioactive waste. A four years position as temporary scientific…
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XXXIII General Assembly of IUR

2011-05-25
[ Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 20 June 2011 ]
I.U.R.
The XXXIIIth General Assembly of IUR will be held on the occasion of the ICRER 2011 International Conference on Radioecology and Environmental Radioactivity in a hot context whilst Japanese radioecologists are facing the radiological consequences of the Fukushima accident on both, the population and the environment. The General Assembly…
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Session on environment radiation at next SETAC annual meeting

2011-05-13
[ 14-17 November 2011, Boston, USA ]
Radioactivity
SETAC (Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry), HPS (Health Physics Society) and IUR (International Union of Radioecology) are organizing a session on environmental radiation at the next SETAC annual meeting in Boston, 14-17 Nov 2011 ( http://boston.setac.org/ ). If you are interested in submitting a…
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Environmental radiation from nuclear accidents challenges the Radioecology community

2011-05-03
[ Selected opinions and views from expert radioecologists ]
Radioecology
The current events in Japan are challenging radioecology as well as nuclear safety. An important issue worth considering is to assess what is the level of achievement of the scientific knowledge reached with regard to understanding the environmental impact of radiation accidentally released over the territories and the sea.…
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Last call: new Board election

2011-03-28
[ Deadline for submiting candidacies: 30 March 2011 ]
I.U.R.
The current IUR Board of Council is now reaching its term. As per the current constitution, it will remain in force until a new Board is elected. In consequence, the Secretariat is now engaging the procedure necessary to organise the election round.   The first step of this procedure is to identify the candidates willing…
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International Union of Radioecology expresses its support to Japanese radioecologists

2011-03-18
[ Cataclysm in Japan and nuclear consequences ]
I.U.R.
  The scientific community of radioecologists, spread in 56 countries around the world, is highly concerned since a few days about its Japanese members, who are experiencing a tragedy born from the uncontrollable forces of nature which are now provoking accidental loads of the environment with artificial radioactivity leading to…
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Radiobiological and Radioecological Aspects of the Chernobyl catastrophe

2011-02-01
[ International Conference, Slavutich, Ukraine, 11-15 April 2011 ]
Event
1 st Announcement On behalf of the Russian and Ukrainian Societies for Radiation Biology we wish to cordially invite you to attend this International conference in Ukraine. The conference will take place in Slavutich town (40 km from city of Chernigiv, 50 km from Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station (ChNPS) . It will provide a unique…
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Three open positions for PhD research at SCK.CEN Mol, Belgium

2010-12-29
[ Biosphere Impact Studies Unit ]
Radioecology
The Biosphere Impact Studies of SCK.CEN at Mol (Belgium) offers 3 PhD positions for research on the following subjects:   Radiation and radionuclides in a multi-contaminant context: effects induced in Lemna minor (more details at http://www.sckcen.be/en/yop/view/291) Stress responses induced in Lemna minor by…
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