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1EC Contract: FI6R-CT-2003-508847
ERICA – an overview
Brenda Howard, NERC
2EC Contract: FI6R-CT-2003-508847
ERICA: Environmental Risk from Ionising Contaminants: Assessment and Management
Overall objective
”to provide an integrated approach to scientific, managerialand societal issues concerned with the environmental effectsof contaminants emitting ionising radiation, with emphasis onbiota and ecosystems.
The final outcome of the project will be the ERICA integratedapproach to assessment and management of environmentalrisks from ionising radiation, using practical tools.”
3EC Contract: FI6R-CT-2003-508847
Division of tasks
WP1Assessment Tools WP2
Risk CharacterisationWP3 Communication and
Decision-making Stakeholder
Dialogue
WP4 Case Studies
Bridge Gap
Apply
Validate
Test
RefineWP5
Management:
Co-ordinate
Deliver the ERICA
Integrate
Integrated Approach
4EC Contract: FI6R-CT-2003-508847
WP1: the assessment tool
Five Tasks1. Modification and re-population of FREDERICA2. Transfer assessment3. Development of complex geometry dose models4. Dosimetry - reconstruction and experimental support5. Development of environmental assessment tool
5EC Contract: FI6R-CT-2003-508847
WP1: the prototype software
6EC Contract: FI6R-CT-2003-508847
WP2: risk characterisation
Three Tasks1. Risk characterisation methodologies
– Review carried out2. Extrapolation issues, with experimentation
– Protocols developed– Experiments started
3. Development of good practice guidance
7EC Contract: FI6R-CT-2003-508847
The proposed tiered approach
Problem Formulation
Tier 1 = Screening
Tier 2 = Generic Assessment
Tier 3 = Site Specific/Full
Assessment
EXIT
Management Action Required
8EC Contract: FI6R-CT-2003-508847
WP3: decision-making guidance and Communication
Objectives• Liaison with stakeholders
– EUG established = 53 organisations– Seven Events in three years for receiving inputs
• Delivery of D8: decision-making guidance – Proposed table of content– Based on themes for the EUG events– To tie in with interim tiered approach, i.e. D4a
9EC Contract: FI6R-CT-2003-508847
The Consortium and the EUG
End-Users Group(EUG)
WP5 Management Group (SSI lead)
WP1NRPA (lead)
Facilia
CIEMAT
SUC
NRPA
CIEMAT
NRPA
EA
SSI
NRPA
STUK
SSI SSI
UNILIV
NERC
WSC
STUK
IRSN
GSF
EA
IRSN
GSF
NLH
EDF
EA
UNILIV
WSC
IRSN
GSF
NLH
EDF
WP2IRSN (lead)
WP3SSI (lead)
WP4NERC (lead)
SKB
NLH
CIEMAT
10EC Contract: FI6R-CT-2003-508847
WP4: case studiesFive Case Studies
– Sellafield (UK)– Loire River (France) – The Chernobyl exclusion zone (Ukraine)– Oil rigs (North-East Atlantic) – now abandoned to be
replaced with other marine studies?– Komi Republic (Russia)
Objectives• Test FASSET framework • Test ERICA integrated approach
11EC Contract: FI6R-CT-2003-508847
Elements of the FASSET Framework
Uncertaintiesand
interpretation
Source
Ecosystem
Referenceorganismselection
Transfermodelling and
assessment
Radionuclideconcentrations
in media
Internalradionuclide
concentrations
Externaldose(rate)
Internaldose(rate)
WeightingTotaldose
(rate)
Effectsanalysis
12EC Contract: FI6R-CT-2003-508847
ERICA deliverablesAlready after one yearD1 – FREDERICA
D4a – interim tiered approach
D4b – risk characterisation methodologies
D7a – First Thematic EUG event
* Part 1: ERICA workplan
* Part 2: Assessment frameworks / knowledge gaps
D7b – Second Thematic EUG Event
* Part 1: Ionising Radiation and other Contaminants
* Part 2: Contribution to D4 on Risk Characterisation
D9 – Application of FASSET framework at case study sites
And, the progress report on EUG inputs and resulting ERICA actions
13EC Contract: FI6R-CT-2003-508847
Active dissemination
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Passive disseminationwww.erica-project.org
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• Protection of the Environment from Ionising Radiation in a Regulatory
Context• PROTECT
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Objective
The primary objectives of this proposed co-ordinated action are to evaluate the practicability and relative merits of different approaches to protection of the environment from ionising radiation and to compare these with methods used for non-radioactive contaminants. This will provide a basis on which the EC could develop protection policies and revise its Basic Safety Standards, and ensure a fruitful collaboration with, and constructive input into, current ICRP and IAEA task groups.