Participation at the ICRP2020

Participation at the ICRP2020

The International Conference on Recovery After Nuclear Accidents: Radiological Protection Lessons from Fukushima and Beyond is an on-line event organised by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP), hosted by Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), and in association with several Japanese, International, and other organisations.  Elisabeth Cardis, with a plenary session on «Lessons Learned from…

The first meeting of the International Society of Radiation Epidemiology and Dosimetry

The first meeting of the International Society of Radiation Epidemiology and Dosimetry

The first meeting of the International Society of Radiation Epidemiology and Dosimetry Sitges (Barcelona) 5-8 of May 2020. The society’s MISSION is to bring together radiation researchers from around the world to: Discuss new results of studies of ionizing radiation effects in humans, epidemiologic methodology and dosimetry.  Support capacity building and training for the next generation of…

Growing evidence for the link between mobile phones and cancer.

Growing evidence for the link between mobile phones and cancer.

The first results of a long awaited and very important study, carried out by the US National Toxicology Programme (NTP) have just been made available, and the National Institutes for Health are planning to hold a briefing on the results. An important study found an increased risk of glioma and of schwannoma of the heart in relation to exposure…

22 Oct 2015 UNSCEAR Published Fukushima 2015 White Paper

The United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) released a white paper titled “Developments since the 2013 UNSCEAR Report on the levels and effects of radiation exposure due to the nuclear accident following the great east-Japan earthquake and tsunami”. It is an update of the 2013 Fukushima report, which assessed the…