We suggest that course participants become familiar with the following documents prior to the course: D-ERICA: An INTEGRATED APPROACH to the assessment and management of environmental risks from ionising radiation. Description of purpose, methodology and application. Full text The ERICA Tool help file Full text PROTECT executive summary ICRP RAP report SP1a US DoE (2002) Further suggested reading: 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.doi:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.01.020. Contact Nick Beresford for a copy if required. Hosseini, A., Thørring H., Brown J.E., Saxen R., Ilus, E. 2008. Transfer of radionuclides in aquatic ecosystems e Default concentration ratios for aquatic biota in the Erica Tool. J. Environ. Radioact., 99, 1408-1429. doi:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.01.020. Beresford, N.A., Barnett, C.L., Brown, J., Cheng, J-J. Copplestone, D., Filistovic, V., Hosseini, A., Howard, B.J., Jones, S.R., Kamboj, S., Kryshev, A., Nedveckaite, T., Olyslaegers, G., Saxén, R., Sazykina, T., Vives i Batlle, J., Vives-Lynch, S., Yankovich, T. and Yu, C. 2008. Inter-comparison of models to estimate radionuclide activity concentrations in non-human biota. Radiat. Environ. Biophys., 47, 491-514. doi:10.1007/s00411-008-0186-8. Contact Nick Beresford for a copy if required Hosseni et. al. ERICA Aquatic EMRAS paper exercise 2 FASSET JRP. Beresford, N.A., Broadley, M.R., Howard, B.J., Barnett C.L. &. White P.J. 2004.
Estimating radionuclide transfer to wild species - data requirements and availability for terrestrial ecosystems.
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