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…
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[ 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…
[ 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…
[ 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…
[ 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…
[ 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
[ 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…
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.be or to Annik…
IUR establishes closer links with NREA
2009-01-19
[ 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…
New Task Group on NORMs
2009-01-18
[ Call for sustaining membership ]
IUR has been promoting much efforts recently to initiate a new TASK GROUP on NORMs in the Oil and Gas Industry. The envisioned final product should be a report providing expert recommenations on new specific regulations implemented in different countries and waste management policies.
Jose-Marcus Godoy, member of IUR Board of Council,…