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titleERICA Tool version 1.2 - with substantial changes

A revised version of the ERICA Assessment Tool , (ERICA 2.0) with substantial changes, has been released on www.erica-tool.com  Please go to the download area to download the new version “ERICA Assessment Tool 1.2 (November 2014). http.
To download: https://www.erica-tool.com/erica/download/

Detailed information about this update can be found here

See answers to frequently asked questions on the ERICA Tool and responses by the developers to reported bugs.

The ERICA Tool is being maintained by a consortium comprising the Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority,  Environment Agency (England and Wales), UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UK), IRSN (France) the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority and CIEMAT (Spain).

The ERICA Tool has been applied by both the developers and independent users in intercomparison exercises of the IAEA's EMRAS programmes.

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Key documentation on the ERICA Tool

Brown, J.E., Alfonso, B., Avila, R., Beresford, N.A., Copplestone, D., Hosseini, A. 2016
A new version of the ERICA tool to facilitate impact assessments of radioactivity on wild plants and animals.
J. Environ. Radioact. 153, 141-148. 
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2015.12.011

Avila, R., Beresford, N.A.,  Brown, J., Hosseini, A. 2014 .
Response to Authors. The selection of parameter values in studies of environmental radiological impacts.
J. Radiol. Prot. 34,  261-262.
https://doi.org/10.1088/0952-4746/34/1/L01

Brown J.E, Beresford N.A. Hosseini A. 2013. 
Approaches to providing missing transfer parameter values in the ERICA Tool - How well do they work?
J. Environ. Radioact. 126, 399-411.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.05.005

Brown, J.E., Alfonso, B., Avila, R., Beresford, N.A., Copplestone, D., Pröhl, G., Ulanovsky A. 2008.
The ERICA Tool. J. Environ. Radioact., 99, 1371-1383.
Abstract

Beresford, N.A., Barnett, C.L., Howard, B.J., Scott, W.A., Brown, J.E., Copplestone D. 2008.
Derivation of transfer parameters for use within the ERICA Tool and the default concentration ratios for terrestrial biota.
J. Environ. Radioact., 99, 1393-1407.
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(info) The ERICA Tool also contains a comprehensive help function.

Brown, J.E., Alfonso, B., Avila, R., Beresford, N.A., Copplestone, D., Hosseini, A. 2016 A new version of the ERICA tool to facilitate impact assessments of radioactivity on wild plants and animals J. Environ. Radioact. 153, 141-148.