Underpinning EU radiation protection policy to maintain and improve high levels of protection, in particular to resolve uncertainties in the field of low and protracted doses.

Thematic areas:

• Quantification of risks associated with low and protracted exposure (epidemiological studies, cellular and molecular biology)
• Medical exposures and natural sources of radiation (enhancing safety and efficacy of medical uses, better assessment and management of natural sources)
• Protection of the environment and radioecology (conceptual and methodological basis)
• Risk and emergency management (better approaches for risk and emergency management)
• Protection of the workplace (improved moni-toring and management of occupational exposures)

The indicative budget allocated to Radiation protection for the duration of FP6 is EUR 50 million.

Work undertaken on FP5 related to this area can be found under the Specific Programme Research and Training in the Field of Nuclear Energy at
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