Environmental Behaviour and Potential Biological Impact of Radioactive Particles
Closed for Proposals
Project Type
Coordinated Research ProjectProject Code
K41013
CRP
1944
Approved Date
2013.02.08Project Status
ClosedStart Date
2013.07.04Expected End Date
2017.07.04Completed Date
2018.10.12Description
The objective of the CRP is to enhance Member States’ capabilities in assessing the long term environmental behaviour and potential biological impact of radioactive particles released to the environment.
Objectives
Enhancing the Member States’ capabilities in assessing the long-term environmental behaviour and potential biological impact of radioactive particles.
Specific Objectives
To systemize existing and to obtain novel data on the long-term environmental behaviour of radioactive particles (solubility in the soil, transfer to plants and animals)To suggest a classification of the radioactive particles for the purpose of radiation protection and remediation planningTo provide a link between nuclear sources, characteristics of radioactive particles and parameters characterising environmental behaviour of radionuclidesTo improve the approach for dose assessments to humans and biota for the environments contaminated by radioactive particlesTo identify relevant biological endpoints, reference organisms and approach for assessing biological effects of non-human species in areas affected by radioactive particlesTo perform exploratory research on the development of reference materials/samples for inter-calibration of techniques utilized for the characterization of radioactive particlesTo increase collaboration among analytical laboratories studying environmental impact of radioactive particlesTo foster a novel cross-sectorial collaboration between laboratories studying environmental impact of radioactive particles and radiobiological laboratories
Impact
An impact of the CRP can be regarded as significant due to involvement of high-level expert work and data collection with global coverage across the studied situations: naturally occurring radionuclides and radioactive materials, nuclear legacy from incidents and accidents, radioactivity due to industrial and military activity as well as resources' exploration.
Relevance
The CRP was well planned and designed, so all implemented and reported activities are highly relevant to the subject and significantly contribute to improvement of scientific evidence and knowledge on abundance, forms, properties and hazards associated with the particulate radioactive materials. The CRP allowed specialists from different countries to cooperate and to exchange knowledge, thus creating a substantial momentum for enhancing the studies at the global scale.
CRP Publications
Kazakhstan
Review paper
2013
Topical Issues in Radioecology of Kazakhstan. Proceedings of the National Nuclear Center of Kazakhstan for 2011-2012 y. Lukashenko S.N. Ed. – Issue 4. – Vol.1 and 2. – Pavlodar: Dom Pechati, 2013. - 395 p.
Montenegro. Proceedings of the conference
Paper in the proceedings of the third International Conference on Radiation and Applications in Various Fields of Research (RAD 2015), Budva, Montenegro, from 7th to 13th of June
2015
Bolsunovsky A., Medvedeva M. Radioecological consequences of the 50-year operation of the plutonium complex at the Yenisei River.
Ukraine
Research paper
2015
Kashparov V.A., Zhurba M.A., Kireev S.I., Zibtsev S.V., Myroniuk V.V. Evaluation of the expected doses of fire brigades at the Chernobyl exclusion zone in April 2015. Nuclear Physics and Atomic Energy, 2015, 16(4) 399-407.
International referred journal
Research paper
2016
Salbu, B. and Lind, O.C., 2016. Radioactive particles released to the environment from the Fukushima reactors - confirmation is still needed. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management.
Proceedings of the International conference, Barcelona
Research paper
2014
Andersson K.G., Roos P., Lind O.C., Salbu B., Bujan A., Duranova T., Ikonomopoulos A., Andronopoulos S., Improvement of radiological consequence estimation methodologies for NPP accidents in the ARGOS and RODOS decision support systems through consideration of contaminant physico-chemical forms. In J.E. Brown and P. Strand (Eds.) International Conference on Radioecology & Environmental Radioactivity. Oral & Oral Poster Presentation Proceedings, Barcelona, September 7th-12th 2014.
Proceedings of the International conference, Barcelona
Research paper
2014
Teien H.-C., Hertel-Aas T., Lind O.C., Th?rring H., Skipperud L., Oughton D.H., Salbu B., Speciation, uptake and toxicity of uranium in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar), In J.E. Brown and P. Strand (Eds.) International Conference on Radioecology & Environmental Radioactivity. Oral & Oral Poster Presentation Proceedings, Barcelona, September 7th-12th 2014.
Kleiven M [1], Teien H.C., Lind O.C, Vaa Johnsen I., Oughton D.H., Salbu B., Uptake and effects of uranium nanoparticles on early life stages of Atlantic salmon, In J.E. Brown and P. Strand (Eds.) International Conference on Radioecology & Environmental Radioactivity. Oral & Oral Poster Presentation Proceedings, Barcelona, September 7th-12th 2014.[1] PhD fellow
Research paper
2014
Kleiven M [1] ., Teien H.C., Lind O.C, Vaa Johnsen I., Oughton D.H., Salbu B., Uptake and effects of uranium nanoparticles on early life stages of Atlantic salmon, In J.E. Brown and P. Strand (Eds.) International Conference on Radioecology & Environmental Radioactivity. Oral & Oral Poster Presentation Proceedings, Barcelona, September 7th-12th 2014.[1] PhD fellow
Belarus
Review paper in the proceedings
2014
Lukashenko S.N. Present radiological state of the former Semipalatinsk Test Site. the proceedings of the IV International Conference , 21st -23rd of October, 2014. Minsk: Law and Economics
International referred journal
Research paper
2014
Bolsunovsky A., Melgunov M. A Study of Sediments and Radioactive Particles of the Yenisei River Using a Variety of Analytical Methods. Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection. 2014. Vol.2, No.3, 153-158.
International referred journal
Review paper
2016
Bréchignac, F., Oughton, D., Mays, C. et al. Addressing ecological effects of radiation on populations and ecosystems to improve protection of the environment against radiation: Agreed statements from a Consensus Symposium. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity Volumes 158–159, 21–29
IAEA-NAEL-TEL
Microsoft Word document
2020
List of publications related to the CRP K41013 " Environmental Behaviour and Potential Biological Impact of Radioactive Particles"
International referred journal
Research paper
2014
D. V. Turchenko, S. N. Lukashenko, A. O. Aidarkhanov, O. N. Lyakhova .Studying of tritium content in snowpack of Degelen mountain range. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 132, 1-6.
Ukraine
Research paper
2014
Protsak V.P., Odintsov O.O. Assessment of forms finding of Chernobyl radionuclides in bottom sediments of cooling pond of the ChNPP. Nuclear Physics and Atomic Energy, 2014, 15(3) 259-268.
Sweden
SSM report
2015
Hansson E, Pettersson H, Eriksson M. Uranium Aerosol Characteristics at a Nuclear Fuel Manufacturing Site - Particle Size, Morphology and Chemical Composition. SSM2015:18Report number: 2015:18 ISSN: 2000-0456
International referred journal
Research paper in the referred journal
2016
Gwynn, J.P., Nikitin, A., Shershakov, V., Heldal, H.E., Lind, B., Teien, H.-C., Lind, O.C., Sidhu, R.S., Bakke, G., Kazennov, A., Grishin, D., Fedorova, A., Blinova, O., Sv?ren, I., Lee Liebig, P., Salbu, B., Wendell, C.C., Str?lberg, E., Valetova, N., Petrenko, G., Katrich, I., Logoyda, I., Osvath, I., Levy, I., Bartocci, J., Pham, M.K., Sam, A., Nies, H., Rudjord, A.L., 2016. Main results of the 2012 joint Norwegian–Russian expedition to the dumping sites of the nuclear submarine K-27 and solid radioactive waste in Stepovogo Fjord, Novaya Zemlya. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 151, Part 2, 417-426.
Elsevier
Research paper
2015
Panitskiy, A.V., Lukashenko, S.N. Nature of radioactive contamination of components of ecosystems of stream flows from tunnels of Degelen massif. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity.144, 32-40.
Proceedings of the International conference, Barcelona
Research paper
2014
Wendel C.C. [1] , Fifield L.K., Oughton D.H., Lind, O.C., Skipperud L., Bartnicki J., Tims S.G., H?ibr?ten S., Salbu B., Direct tropospheric transport of debris from nuclear weapon detonations at the Semipalatinsk test site to Western Europe, In J.E. Brown and P. Strand (Eds.) International Conference on Radioecology & Environmental Radioactivity. Oral & Oral Poster Presentation Proceedings, Barcelona, September 7th-12th 2014.[1] Major part of work performed when C Wendel was PhD fellow
Russia
Research paper in the referred journal
2015
Kozmin G.V., Epimakhov V.G. Basic regularities of behaviour of radioactive particles in the food chain and the gastrointestinal tract of cattle // Radiation Biology. Radioecology. 2015. T. 55. ? 6. a. 632-645.
Netherlands/Elsevier
Research paper
2014
Kozhakhanov T.E. Accumulation of artificial radionuclides in agricultural plants in the area used for surface nuclear tests / T.E. Kozhakhanov, S.N. Lukashenko, N.V. Larionova // Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 137, 237-226.
International referred journal
Research paper in the referred journal
2015
Jaeschke B [1] ., Lind O.C., Bradshaw C., Salbu B. 2015. Retention of radioactive particles and associated effects in the filter-feeding marine mollusc Mytilus edulis, Science of the Total Environment, 502, 1-7. [1] PhD fellow
International referred journal
Research paper in the referred journal
2013
Garger, E.K.; Meisenberg, O.; Odintsov, O.; Shynkarenko, V.; Tschiersch, J.: Solubility of hot fuel particles from Chernobyl – influencing parameters for individual radiation dose calculations. The International Journal of Pure and Applied Analytical Chemistry, Talanta 115, 40-46 (2013
Montenegro. Proceedings of the conference
Research paper
2015
Melgunov M., Kropacheva M., Bolsunovsky A. Active particles in alluvial soils of the River Yenisei: isotope composition, morphology and structure. the proceedings of the 3d International Conference on Radiation and Applications in Various Fields of Research (RAD 2015), Budva, Montenegro, from 7th to 13th of June. p.590 and p.275-279
International referred journal
Research paper in the referred journal
2016
Bartnicki, J., Amundsen, I., Brown, J., Hosseini, A., Hov, ?., Haakenstad, H., Klein, H., Lind, O.C., Salbu, B., Szacinski Wendel, C.C., Ytre-Eide, M.A., 2016. Atmospheric transport of radioactive debris to Norway in case of a hypothetical accident related to the recovery of the Russian submarine K-27. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 151, Part 2, 404-416.
International referred journal
Research paper in the referred journal
2015
Meisenberg, O.; Tschiersch, J.: Test of methods for retrospective activity size distribution determination from filter samples. Radiation Measurements 76, 29-35, (2015)
Greece. The proceedings of the International Conference
Paper in the proceedings of the International Conference on Environmental Radioactivity: New Challenges with New Technologies, Greece, Thessaloniki from September 21st to 25th
2015
Bolsunovsky, A., Dementyev, D., Zotina T. and Melgunov M. “Radioactive particles in the floodplain of the Yenisei River
Proceedings of the International conference, Barcelona
Research paper
2014
Bartnicki J., Amundsen I., Hosseini A., Haakenstad H., Klein H., Lind O.C., Salbu B. Worst case meteorological scenario for Norway in case of hypothetical accident related to recovery of the Russian submarine K-27, In J.E. Brown and P. Strand (Eds.) International Conference on Radioecology & Environmental Radioactivity. Oral & Oral Poster Presentation Proceedings, Barcelona, September 7th-12th 2014
International referred journal
Research paper
2016
Salbu, B., 2016. Environmental impact and risk assessments and key factors contributing to the overall uncertainties. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 151, Part 2, 352-360.
Springer International Publishing
Chapter in the referred book
2015
Salbu, B., Skipperud, L., Lind, O.C., 2015. Sources Contributing to Radionuclides in the Environment: With Focus on Radioactive Particles, in: Walther, C., Gupta, D.K. (Eds.), Radionuclides in the Environment - Influence of chemical speciation and plant uptake on radionuclide migration. Springer International Publishing, pp. 1-36.
Belarus. Proceedings of the conference
Paper in the proceedings of the conference: Chernobyl: 30 years later: materials of International scientific conference (Gomel, 21-22.04.2016.) Gomel: Institute of Radiology
2016
V.N. Zabrodskiy, Yu.I. Bondar, V.I. Sadchikov, V.N. Kalinin. Evaluation of destruction of Chernobyl fuel particles, falling out on the territory of the Belarusian part of ChNPP exclusion zone. Chernobyl: 30 years later: materials of International scientific conference (Gomel, 21-22.04.2016.) Gomel: Institute of Radiology, 2016. 466 p. P. 98-101 (in Russian).
Ukraine
Research paper
2015
Otreshko L., Zhurba M., Bilous A., Yoschenko L. 90Sr and 137?s content in wood along the southern fuel trace of Chernobyl radioactive fallout. Nuclear Physics and Atomic Energy, 2015, 16(2) 183-192.
Proceedings of the International conference, Barcelona
Research paper
2014
Nikitin A., Shershakov V., Kazennov A., Lind B., Gwynn J., Heldal H.E., Blinova O., Grishin D., Rudjord A.L., Valetova N., Petrenko G., Katrich I., Fedorova A., Osvath I., Levy I., Bartocci J., Khanh Pham M., Sam A., Nies H., Salbu B., Lind O.C., Teien H.-C., Sidhu R.S., Str?lberg E., Logoyda I. Joint Russian-Norwegian expedition to the dumping sites for radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel in the Stepovogo fjord of the Kara sea, August- September 2012: investigations performed and main results. In J.E. Brown and P. Strand (Eds.) International Conference on Radioecology & Environmental Radioactivity. Oral & Oral Poster Presentation Proceedings, Barcelona, September 7th-12th 2014.
Kazakhstan
Review paper
2015
Topical Issues in Radioecology of Kazakhstan: Optimization of investigations of Semipalatinsk test site territories in order to transfer them to economic use. Lukashenko S.N. Ed. Issue 5. Pavlodar: Dom Pechati, 2015. 235 p.