EURADOS strategic research agenda: vision for dosimetry of ionising radiation

Werner Rühm, E. Fantuzzi, R. Harrison, H. Schuhmacher, Filip Vanhavere, J. Alves, J.F. Bottollier-Depois, Paola Fattibene, Z Knezevic, M.A. Lopez

    Research outputpeer-review

    Abstract

    Since autumn 2012, the European Radiation Dosimetry Group (EURADOS) has been developing its Strategic Research Agenda (SRA), which is intended to contribute to the identification of future research needs in radiation dosimetry in Europe. The present article summarises—based on input from EURADOS Working Groups (WGs) and Voting Members—five visions in dosimetry and defines key issues in dosimetry research that are considered important for the next decades. The five visions include scientific developments required towards (a) updated fundamental dose concepts and quantities, (b) improved radiation risk estimates deduced from epidemiological cohorts, (c) efficient dose assessment for radiological emergencies, (d) integrated personalised dosimetry in medical applications and (e) improved radiation protection of workers and the public. The SRA of EURADOS will be used as a guideline for future activities of the EURADOS WGs. A detailed version of the SRA can be downloaded as a EURADOS report from the EURADOS website (www.eurados.org).
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)223-234
    JournalRadiation protection dosimetry
    Volume168
    Issue number2
    Early online date5 Mar 2015
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 1 Feb 2016

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