COMET Workshop in Chernihiv Ukraine

COMET - Thirty years after the Chernobyl accident what do we know about the effects of radiation on the environment?

Hotel UKRAINE, Chernihiv, Ukraine
Dates: 30th - 31st August 2016

Background reading

Thinking about statisitcs for radiation effects using some examples

Final Agenda 

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Time

Title

Presenter

30/08/2016

 

 

08:45

Welcome, aims, outputs, etc..

Sergey Gaschak (Chernobyl Center, Ukraine) & Nick Beresford (NERC-CEH, UK; COMET)

Session: How do we resolve the anomalies between field and laboratory studies? (Chair: David Copplestone)

09:15

Is non-human species radiosensivity in the lab a good indicator of radiosensitivity in the wild?

Jacqueline Garnier-Laplace (IRSN, France)

09:45

Comparison of laboratory v's field effect for non-radioactive pollutants

Dave Spurgeon (NERC-CEH, UK)

10:15

Breakout sessions: are there anomalies between laboratory and field studies, what can we learn from non-radioactive pollutants?

(Coffee available)

11:30

Report back from Breakout sessions

Rapporteurs

12:15

Lunch

 

Session: Research in Chernobyl and Fukushima Zone (Chair Jacqueline Garnier-Laplace)

13:15

An overview of field effects studies in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

Nick Beresford (NERC-CEH, UK) & David Copplestone (Univ. of Stirling, UK) 

14:00

 

Characterisation of the radiation effects on wildlife inhabiting contaminated area and influence of the dose estimate

Christelle Adam-Guillermin (IRSN, France)

14:30

Effects of long-term radiation exposure on aquatic biota in lentic ecosystems within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

Dmitri Gudkov (Institute of Hydrobiology, Ukraine)

14:50

Assessment of radiation effects in birds breeding in Red Forest area (2003-2005): problems of research approaches and interpretation of the results

Sergey Gaschak (Chornobyl Center, Ukraine)

15:10

Break: Coffee

 

15:30

Effects of radiation on the health of fish from Chernobyl

Adelaide Lerebours (University of Portsmouth, UK)

16:00

Current state and objectives of research of large carnivores in the exclusion zone

Maria Shkvyria (Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, Ukraine)

16:20Complex radiobiological investigations of small rodents from the Chernobyl Exclusion ZoneOlena Burdo (Institute for Nuclear Research, Ukraine)

16:40

A study of radiation effects on ecosystem and wildlife in areas affected by the Fukushima accident

Masanori Tamaoki (National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan)

17:10

Morphological abnormalities in Japanese red pine in Fukushima zone

Vasyl Yoschenko (Fukushima University, Japan)

17:40

Opportunity for open discussion

 

31/08/2016

 

 

Session: Implications of Chernobyl (and Fukushima) studies for current benchmark dose rates (Chair: Christelle Adam-Guillermin)

08:45

How were the current benchmarks used in radiological assessments derived?

Almudena Real (Ciemat, Spain)

09:15

Summary of Session: Research in Chernobyl and Fukushima Zone

Clare Bradshaw (Stockholm University, Sweden)

09:30

Breakout session: Implications of Chernobyl (and Fukushima) studies for current benchmark dose rates (Coffee available)

11:15

Report back from Breakout sessions

Rapporteurs

Session: What next for field studies in Chernobyl? (Chair: Sergey Gaschak)

12:00

Estimating radiological exposure of wildlife in the field

Karine Beaugelin-Seiller (IRSN) & Nick Beresford (NERC-CEH)

12:40

The PROBA (SAMPLE) database

Valery Kashparaov (NuBiP, Ukraine)

13:00

Lunch

 

Session: Thoughts from the research users & discussion (Chair: Nick Beresford)

14:00

Regulator perspective

Pål Andersson (SSM, Sweden)

 

Regulator perspective

Tarja Ik heimonen (STUK, Finland)

 

NGO perspective

Jill Sutcliffe (UK)

 

Industry perspective

Ari Ikonen (BIOPROTA)PDF icon Jill COMET workshop Presentation.pdf

 

Industry perspective

Mikko Karkkainen (Posiva Oy, Finland)

 

Media perspective

Fred Pearce (New Scientists)

 

Media perspective

Luke Massey (Wildlife photographer)

 

View from ICRP C5

Almudena Real (ICRP C5)

 

Science perspective

David Copplestone

16:00

Open discussion and way forward/outputs from the workshop

Chairs: Christelle Adam-Guillermin, David Copplestone, Nick Beresford and Sergey Gaschak

17:00

Close of workshop