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PROTECT: Protection of the environment from ionising radiation in a regulatory context
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EC EURATOM Framework 6 funded PROTECT project ( |
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Assist in policy making and the derivation of environmental standards
The PROTECT project engaged with experts from different countries, with an emphasis on Europe but also international bodies and non-European organisations with practical experience of protection of the environment from ionising radiation. There were four work packages associated with the project:
Work Package 1: Environmental protection concepts
Work Package 2: Assessment approaches: practicality, relevance and merits;
Work Package 3: Requirements for protection of the environment from ionising radiation
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FI6R036425) set out to develop dose rate thresholds for wildlife to help to determine the risk of exposure to ionising radiation. Without such criteria any radiological protection framework for the environment cannot be applied usefully in a regulatory context. The PROTECT consortium consisted of five organisations: Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UK), Environment Agency (England and Wales), IRSN (France), Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority (Norway) and the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (Sweden).
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