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Environmental Risk from Ionising Contaminants: Assessment and Management (ERICA)

Objective

The objective of ERICA is to provide an integrated approach to scientific, managerial and societal issues cerned with the environmental effects of taminants emitting ionising radiation, with emphasis on biota and ecosystems. The final outcome of the project will be the ERICA integrated approach to assessment and management of environmental risks from ionising radiation, using practical tools. The project will partly build on the achievements of the FASSET project, which provided a basic framework for the assessment of environmental impact of radionuclides. The objectives of the ERICA project will be fulfilled through development of a user-friendly assessment tool with risk characterisation methodologies coupled with communication strategies aimed at decision-making. This involves detailed sideration of gaps in scientific data, expansion of the current effects database, and experimental and theoretical sideration extrapolation issues, e.g. from effects on individuals to effects on populations. The tool will be tested and applied to a series of case studies and supported by stakeholder interaction. The development of science-based managerial guidance, including methodologies for stakeholder involvement in assessments, will be based on a number of meetings with end-users representing a range of different interests, whom have agreed to participate in ERICA. The meetings will be cerned with different scientific and managerial aspects of assessments, including the development of methodologies to derive standards. Emphasis will be put on disseminating the progress of the work through tinuous interaction with the end-users. A workshop will be organised towards the end of the project to demonstrate to end-users how the integrated approach developed within this project can be practically applied within a European dimension.

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Call for proposal

EURATOMCALL2003-FIXEDDEADLINE
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Coordinator

STATENS STRAALSKYDDSINSTITUT
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Solna Strandväg 96
Stockholm
Sweden

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Participants (14)

SVENSK KAERNBRAENSLEHANTERING AB
Sweden
Address
Brahegatan 47
5864 Stockholm

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FACILIA AB
Sweden
Address
Valsgaerdevaegen 12
Bromma

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SOEDERTOERNS HOEGSKOLA
Sweden
Address
Alfred Nobels Allé 7
Huddinge

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STATENS STRAALEVERN
Norway
Address
Grini Naeringspark 13
Oesteraas/oslo

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CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES ENERGETICAS, MEDIOAMBIENTALES Y TECNOLOGICAS
Spain
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Avenida Complutense 22
Madrid

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ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
United Kingdom
Address
Rio House, Waterside Drive, Aztec West
Almondsbury, Bristol

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THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL
United Kingdom
Address
Senate House, Abercromby Square
Liverpool

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NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL
United Kingdom
Address
Polaris House, North Star Avenue
Swindon

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WESTLAKES SCIENTIFIC CONSULTING LIMITED
United Kingdom
Address
Westlakes Science And Technology Park
Moor Row / Cumbria

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SATEILYTURVAKESKUS - RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY
Finland
Address
Laippatie 4
Helsinki

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INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SURETE NUCLEAIRE
France
Address
77-83 Avenue Du General De Gaulle
Clamart

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GSF - FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM FUER UMWELT UND GESUNDHEIT GMBH
Germany
Address
Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1
Neuherberg

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NORGES LANDBRUKSHOEGSKOLE
Norway
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Kirkeveien 1
5003 Aas

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ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE
France
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22-30 Avenue De Wagram
Paris

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