An invitation to contribute to a strategic research agenda in radioecology

Hinton, Thomas G.; Garnier‐Laplace, Jacqueline; Vandenhove, H.; Dowdall, M.; Adam-Guillermin, Christelle; Alonzo, Frédéric; Barnett, C.L.; Beaugelin­-Seiller, K.; Beresford, Nicholas A.; Bradshaw, Clare; Brown, Justin; Eyrolle, Frédérique; Février, Laureline; Gariel, Jean-Christophe; Gilbin, Rodolphe; Hertel-Aas, Turid; Horemans, Nele; Howard, B.J.; Ikäheimonen, T K; Mora, Juan C.; Oughton, Deborah; Real, Almudena; Salbu, Brit; Simon-­Cornu, M.; Steiner, M.; Sweeck, L.; Batlle, J. Vives i

doi:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.07.011

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“…The FDNPP accident highlights the importance of potential accidental inputs to the marine environment, their radioecological consequences and the need to "predict human and wildlife exposure more robustly by quantifying key processes that influence radionuclide transfers, and incorporate the knowledge into new dynamic models" (Hinton et al, 2012), as identified by Challenge 1 in the SRA.…”

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“…Regarding the SRA Challenge 3 "to improve human and environmental protection by integrating radioecology" (Hinton et al, 2012), we have improved knowledge and tools for risk assessment, but only the first steps in developing radiation protection and decision support systems. The model STERNE has been developed to be included in a decision support system and the model D-DAT is set-up for dose assessment and has been tested in the context of the UNSCEAR assessment (Vives i…”

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“…In 2012, a strategic research agenda (SRA) for radioecology was published (Hinton et al, 2012), as the outcome of work within a series of European Commission (EC)-supported initiatives. This SRA identified three challenges: (1) predict human and wildlife exposure more robustly by quantifying the key processes that most influence radionuclide transfers; (2) determine ecological consequences under realistic exposure conditions and (3) improve human and environmental protection by integrating radioecology (Hinton et al, 2012).…”

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“…This SRA identified three challenges: (1) predict human and wildlife exposure more robustly by quantifying the key processes that most influence radionuclide transfers; (2) determine ecological consequences under realistic exposure conditions and (3) improve human and environmental protection by integrating radioecology (Hinton et al, 2012).…”

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Marine radioecology after the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear accident: Are we better positioned to understand the impact of radionuclides in marine ecosystems?

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Science of The Total Environment

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This paper focuses on how a community of researchers under the COMET (CO-ordination and iMplementation of a pan European projecT for radioecology) project has improved the capacity of marine radioecology to understand at the process level the behaviour of radionuclides in the marine environment, uptake by organisms and the resulting doses after the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear accident occurred in 2011. We present new radioecological understanding of the processes involved, such as the interaction of waterborne radionuclides with suspended particles and sediments or the biological uptake and turnover of radionuclides, which have been better quantified and mathematically described.We demonstrate that biokinetic models can better represent radionuclide transfer to biota in nonequilibrium situations, bringing more realism to predictions, especially when combining physical, chemical and biological interactions that occur in such an open and dynamic environment as the ocean. As a result, we are readier now than we were before the FDNPP accident in terms of having models that can be applied to dynamic situations.The paper concludes with our vision for marine radioecology as a fundamental research discipline and we present a strategy for our discipline at the European and international levels. The lessons learned 2 are presented along with their possible applicability to assess/reduce the environmental consequences of future accidents to the marine environment and guidance for future research, as well as to assure sustainability of marine radioecology in Europe and globally. This guidance necessarily reflects on why and where further research funding is needed, signalling the way for future investigations.3

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Section: How Have the Challenges Of Marine Radioecology Been Addressed?mentioning

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Marine radioecology after the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear accident: Are we better positioned to understand the impact of radionuclides in marine ecosystems?

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“…Both reports can be downloaded from the NERIS website (http://www.eu-neris.net; see also Schneider et al 2016). ALLIANCE started the process of SRA development in 2013 (Hinton et al 2013;STAR 2014). Since then, focus has also been set on the identification and justification of research priorities, and on the development of a roadmap in radioecology (http://www.er-alliance.eu).…”

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