Working Group 8

Environmental Sensitivity

Objectives

The main activity of the Working Group was the analysis of radioecological conditions to identify factors that lead to an enhanced transfer of radionuclides to plant and animal food products subsequent to releases of radionuclides to terrestrial and aquatic environments. The work of the group covered rural, semi-natural and natural environments in both temperate and, where possible, tropical environments.

Documents

• First Working Group Meeting held from 19 to 23 January 2009, IAEA headquarters, Vienna:
  
  Minutes; Presentation 1
• Second Working Group Meeting held from 25 to 29 January 2010, IAEA headquarters, Vienna:
  
  Minutes; Participants List; Presentations: Box Model; MOIRA; CHERPAC; Alpine; Vulnerable Ecosystems; Radiological Sensitivity; Review; IUR; Concept of Environmental Sensitivity
  
  
• Third Working Group Meeting held from 1 to 2 July 2010, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy:
  
  Minutes; Presentations: Coastal Marine 1; Coastal Marine 2; Cherpac; Moira Plus; Forest and Arctic; Agricultural Scenario;
  
  
• Fourth Working Group Meeting held from 24 to 28 January 2011, IAEA headquarters, Vienna:
  
  Minutes; Presentations: CHERPAC; JRODOS;
  Coastal Marine Regions; Arctic and Forest Scenarios; MOIRA PLUS; Definition of the Concept; Thoughts RCS Document;
  Sustainable Management
  
  
• Fifth Working Group Meeting held from 27 to 28 September 2011, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK/CEN) Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium:
  
  Minutes; Presentations; Biosphere Impact Studies; Crisis Management; More CHERPAC Results; JRODOS Update; Alpine Scenario; Coastal Marine Regions; Doses and Concentrations; Thermaikos Gulf; Forest Scenario; Arctic Scenario
  

For further programme-specific information please contact MODARIA or EMRAS II.

Contacts

• Working Group Leader: Mr Bliss Tracy, formerly of Health Canada, Canada
• Scientific Secretary: Mr Volodymyr Berkovskyy, Department of Nuclear Safety and Security