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Funded under the EC EURATOM 5th Framework programme the FASSET Framework

included the following fundamental elements: source

characterisation; description of seven major European ecosystems; selection of a

number of reference organisms on the basis of prior ecosystem and exposure analysis;

environmental transfer analysis; dosimetric considerations; effects analysis; and, as an

integral part of

these steps, general guidance on interpretation,

includingconsideration of uncertainties and possibilities to extrapolate from existing data to areas

where data are absent or scarce. The project

used existing information,

supplemented by the development of models, by performing Monte Carlo calculations

to derive dose conversion

coefficients, and by building an effects database (FRED, the

FASSET Radiation Effects Database). The outputs of the FASSET project were subsequently improved and incorporated into the ERICA Integrated Approach.