HAPPY NEW YEAR
2010-12-29
Happy New Year to all Radioecologists !
Best wishes from the Union Board !
News
René KIRCHMANN
2010-11-15
[ in memoriam ]
It is with much sadness that the Union learns that René Kirchmann, Honorary General secretary of IUR, died on November 10, aged 83.
Many IUR members worldwide have shown their great consideration to an inspiring colleague, and they are expressing their deep sorrow after the death of a man who was well known as an…
International Symposium on Isotopes in Hydrology, Marine Ecosystems and Climate Change Studies
2010-10-14
[ Organized by the IAEA Marine Environment Laboratories, 27 March - 1 April 2011, Monaco ]
The symposium is organized on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the IAEA Marine Environment Laboratories established in the Principality of Monaco on 10 March 1961.
The principal objective of the symposium will be to exchange recent research achievements in the use of isotopic techniques in hydrology, climate change studies,…
The volume II of UNSCEAR Report 2008 with "non-human biota effects" is expected to be published in the second half of 2010.
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When clearing the IUR Annual Membership Fee, IUR members are now entitled to subscribe also, at the same time and at a preferential rate, to the electronic version of Journal of Environmental Radioactivity (affiliated to IUR).
Any IUR member willing to register can do so from the…
[ Rome, Italy, from 25 to 27 October 2010 ]
The Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare is going to organize an International Conference on Environmental Radioactivity - New Frontiers and Developments.
The Conference will take place in Rome, Italy, from 25 to 27 October 2010.
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[ Arrangement signed in February 2010 ]
Following the previous and successful collaboration agreement between IAEA and IUR on updrading the data base of radioecological transfer factors (Update of TRS 364), a new "Practical Arrangement" has been recently signed to join efforts on 2 scientific issues, which then take the form of joint IAEA/IUR Task groups contributing…
[ Collaboration between NREA, SPERA and IUR ]
IUR conducts negociations with the Natural Radiation Environment Association (NREA) and the South Pacific Environmental Radioactivity Association (SPERA)
to establish a stronger linkage of communication and support - as said Rick Tincker from SPERA - and to allow the formation of a Federation of international associations…
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…
Growing IUR international visibility
2009-09-29
The Secretariat is pleased to announce that the Union's website is now regularly visited by up to 12,000 visitors each month, demonstrating a growing general interest for Radioecology issues and the usefulness of our website for those who seek related information.
It is also worth mentioning that during the last six months 16 new…