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Task group on Radioecology in arid regions

2015-12-29

[ Co-Chairs: Gabriele Voigt (gabi_voigt@yahoo.de) and Natalia Semioshkina (semioschkina@gmail.com) ]

Climatic change is already happening and shows impact on the earth's environment like the melting of glaciers and the rise of the sea level. In the long term, however, despite the concrete actions that seem to be engaged following the COP 21 signature by almost 200 countries, temperature will continue to raise resulting in scarcity of…

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Ecosystem approach to environment protection

2011-05-27

[ François Bréchignac (francois.brechignac@irsn.fr) ]

TG completed or in termination phase

Overall context In recent years, under the notable incentive of an IUR Task Group initiated as early as 1997, the issue of the protection of the environment from ionizing radiation has evolved and is now a major topic for radioecologists. Several International Organizations (IAEA, UNSCEAR, EC, ICRP) and national…

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Radioecological sensitivity: an operational tool in federating radioecological knowledge

2008-03-31

[ TG Leader: F. Carini, franca.carini@unicatt.it ]

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During the last decades, various needs have evolved concerning radioecology. The scientific needs are now requiring to take due account of uncertainties, modern techniques of spatialization, spatial and temporal variabilities, etc... The society needs require to be appropriately captured within the methodologies of risk assessment. The…

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Radioecology of Rice

2008-03-29

[ Leaders: S. Uchida, s_uchida@nirs.gov.jp & H. Tsukada, hirof@ies.org.jp ]

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This Task Group to deal with radioecology of rice has been launched at the 3rd International Conference on contaminants in soil Environments in Australiasian-Pacific Regions that was organized in Beijing, in November 2003. It is co-chaired by Shigeo Uchida from NIRS (Japan) and Hirofumi Tsukada from IES (Japan), with initial members from…

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Protection of the environment

2008-03-22

[ Task Group Leader: David Copplestone, david.copplestone@environment-agency.gov.uk ]

TG completed or in termination phase

Background Following the publication of the Task Group's report "Protection of the Environment: Current Status and Future Work", the main emphasis of this task group has changed to one that focuses on the identification and prioritisation of the research requirements in the field of protection of the environment from ionising radiation.…

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Radioecology and waste

2008-03-20

[ Tempory Taskgroup leaders : Rodolfo Avila, rodolfo.avila@facilia.se & Irene Zinger, irene@facilia.se ]

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The Task Group has been launched during the Workshop "Mobility in Biosphere of Iodine, Technetium, Selenium and Uranium" co-organized by IUR and ANDRA in Nancy (France), April 2002. The participants gathered around a consensus on the high priority for radioecology to tackle the problem of the management of high level radioactive waste.…

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Radioecological Parameter Values - Update of TRS 364 (IAEA/IUR)

2007-08-29

[ TG Leaders: P.Calmon (philippe.calmon@irsn.fr) & G. Voigt (g.voigt@iaea.org) ]

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This is a joint IAEA/IUR Task Group which is embeded in the IAEA EMRAS Programme: Working Group on revision of the Handbook of parameter values for the prediction of radionuclide transfer in temperate environments, IAEA-TRS No. 364 Next Meeting The next meeting of this Working Group will be held in conjunction with the Fifth…

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Task Group on Ethics, Philosophy and Policy

2003-06-25

[ Taskgroup leader : Deborah Oughton, deborah.oughton@ikb.nlh.no ]

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The main aim of this Task group is to provide a forum for IUR members to discuss a variety of issues concerned with the interaction of scientific research and policy making. The Group's area of interest covers philosophical questions such as the relationship and demarcation between "fact and value", the role of ethical and value judgements…

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