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Building and Integrated Management System model for radioecological laboratories
2009-12-26 >> Radioecology

[ Questionnaire issued by the University of Sao Paulo, Institute for Energy and Nuclear Research (IPEN) ]
An exploratory study for a Master dissertation, focused on the study of the best practices on Integrated Management System (Quality, Environment, Work Safety and Health) targeting an IMS conceptual model for Radioecological Laboratories has recently been launched. Radioecolgists are called to contribute to this study. Click this link for more information. Read more >>

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010
2009-12-23 >> I.U.R.

[ Best wishes for 2010 from the IUR Board of Council ]
Dear Radioecologists and members of the IUR,The Board of Council wishes you all a Merry Christmas and a very happy New Year 2010.The IUR Board of CouncilMore by clicking this link Read more >>

60-days Free Access to Special Issue
2009-10-08 >> Publications

[ Journal of Environmental Radioactivity ]
Journal of Environmental Radioactivity Copyright © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved Volume 100, Issue 9, Pages 671-806 (September 2009)   Quantification of radionuclide transfer in terrestrial and freshwater environmentsEdited by Philippe Calmon and Serguei Fesenko More details see the dedicated page...   CLICK HERE to Free access volume… Read more >>

Towards a Federation of Environmental Radioactivity International Associations
2009-10-02 >> Environment

[ Collaboration between NREA, SPERA and IUR ]
IUR conducts negociations with the Natural Radiation Environment Association (NREA) and the South Pacific Environmental Radioactivity Association (SPERA) to establish a stronger linkage of communication and support - as said Rick Tincker from SPERA - and to allow  the formation of a Federation of international associations dealing with areas related to Radioactivity and Environment.… Read more >>

Growing IUR international visibility
2009-09-29 >> I.U.R.

The Secretariat is pleased to announce that the Union's website is now regularly visited by up to 12,000 visitors each month, demonstrating a growing general interest for Radioecology issues and the usefulness of our website for those who seek related information. It is also worth mentioning that during the last six months 16 new members, especially young scientists, joined the Union. It… Read more >>

IUR support to Canadian student training at Chernobyl : First output
2009-09-29 >> Training courses

11 new members from Canada have recently been appointed and joined the Union. Among them, we are pleased to welcome 9 young radioecologists currently studying at the McMaster University of Toronto, Canada.  Some of these students took part in the Chernoby777 course, from 18 to 29 May 2009, which included a visiting trip on site to meet with local scientisits and to develop several… Read more >>

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity affiliated to IUR
2009-09-13 >> I.U.R.

[ Memorandum of Understanding ]
Memorandum of Understanding signed on 11-28 April 2008   Considering that there is a mutual interest in promoting closer cooperation between IUR and the international scientific "Journal of Environmental Radioactivity" (JENR, Elsevier), Nicolette van Dijk, in quality of Publisher of JENR, and François Bréchignac, in quality of President of IUR, recently negotiated with… Read more >>

IUR sponsors training of Canadian students on case studies at Chernobyl
2009-09-13 >> Radioactivity

The Department of Medical Physics and Applied Radiation Sciences of the McMaster University, (Ontario, Canada) provides a Graduate course "CHERNOBYL 777" which will be held around the Chernobyl Zone from 18 to 29 May 2009, sponsored in part by IUR. See the agenda of graduate Course CHERNOBYL 777. The students who will take part in this course are expected to interact… Read more >>

Nuclear metrology for radioecology and environment
2009-09-01 >> Radioecology

[ 10 hot topics discussed at INSINUME 2008 International Symposium, 13-16 October 2008, Rabat, Morocco ]
Organized by CNESTEN in Rabat (Morocco) in the fall of 2008, this was the largest INSINUME conference of the series with 230 participants (of which 110 from abroad), representing a total of 43 countries with further official representation and support from both IUR and IAEA. The 10 hot topics that have captured interest and prompted active discussion during the conference… Read more >>

TWO PROCEEDINGS OF RADIOECOLOGY CONFERENCES IN RUSSIA RECENTLY PUBLISHED
2009-06-04 >> Publications

[ PUBLICATIONS ]
1. XXXVII Klechkovsky Radioecological Readings. Proceedings of the conference, Obninsk, 27 November 2008/ Ed. R.M. Alexakhin. Obninsk: RIARAE, 2009, 280 p. This book contains proceedings of the annual Radioecological readings named after V.M. Klechkovsky (1900-1972), the founder of national radioecology, participant of the USSR Atomic project. It includes the first… Read more >>

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