Towards solving a scientific controversy – The effects of ionising radiation on the environment

Nicholas A. Beresford, Nele Horemans, David Copplestone, K.E. Raines, German Orizaola, Michael D. Wood, Paulus Laanen, H.C. Whitehead, J.E. Burrows, M.C. Tinsley, J.T. Smith, Jean-Marc Bonzom, B. Gagnaire, Christelle Adam-Guillermin, S. Gashchak, A.N. Jha, A. de Menezes, Neil Willey, David Spurgeon

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    Abstract

    This statement paper focusses on research needs with respect to the effects of ionising radiation on the environment (identified needs for human focussed radiological protection research can be found elsewhere (Février et al., 2014; Salomaa, 2016; ICRP, 2017)). We emphasise the potential for learning from natural laboratories (namely field sites contaminated by the Chernobyl and Fukushima accidents), taking into account advances from recent co-ordinated research programmes TREE (https://tree.ceh.ac.uk/) and STAR-COMETa (https:// radioecology-exchange.org/).
    Original languageEnglish
    Article number106033
    Pages (from-to)1-8
    Number of pages8
    JournalJournal of environmental radioactivity
    Volume211
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 5 Jan 2020

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