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RadCon’s Mauritius Hiller is presenting a poster on “Transfer of radionuclides from soil to Plants: Database for Radiological Impact Assessments in arid environment” at the ICRER conference in Marseilles, France. The poster will be displayed on Session 6 “Understanding and modelling radionuclide mobility and bioavailability in the environment” on Wednesday, November 27 and Thursday, November 28. The Poster number is P6-31.

It looks at the background of the database on transfer factors in the arid climate zone and gives an outlook on the future development, making the data accessible for researchers.

 We’re looking forward to seeing you there and discussing the contents with you.

 

RadCon’s Mauritius Hiller has contributed an article to July’s edition of Nuclear News, the monthly journal of the American Nuclear Society. The industry now has a real impetus behind it as countries look for flexible energy solutions to help meet Net Zero targets. Mauritius outlines how Radiation Protection professionals must influence developments from the design stage onwards, and how their educational role in explaining the technology is vital for the creation and maintenance of public trust.

You can find the journal here.

 

RadCon GmbH’s Gabriele Voigt and Natalia Semioshkina will be presenting a poster at the forthcoming IUFRO – International Union of Forest Research Organizations conference in Stockholm. The event will bring together policymakers and experts committed to shaping a sustainable future for forests and society from all over the world.

Gabriele and Natalia will be available to discuss issues on long-term environmental processes in forest ecosystems and present results on “Transfer of natural radionuclides from soil to Abu Dhabi date palms” at the poster session on Thursday, June 27 between 13:30-14:15.

Gabriele will also be chairing a session looking at the long-term dynamics of the radioactive contamination of forests, and its impact on ecosystems and communities and potential countermeasures. That will take place on Tuesday, June 25, 08:30-10:30. She will also co-edit a special issue of JER on that topic.

You can find out more about the conference here: https://iufro2024.com/

 

RadCon’s Mauritius Hiller has published a new paper in the journal Radiation and Environmental Biophysics. Co-authored by Ken G. Veinot and Nolan E. Hertel, it looks at the ‘Infuence of neutron cross‐section resonances on organ/tissue equivalent and effective dose coefficients for the ICRP voxel phantoms’.

https://link.springer.com/journal/411

The materials which compose the ICRP Voxel phantoms used in the computation of conversion coefficients involve neutron interaction cross-sections that have resonances at specific energies. Depending on the energy bin structure used in the computations, these cross-section resonances may occur at energies that fall between energies at which dose coefficients are computed, thus their effects may not be completely accounted for in the reported coefficients. In the present study, a highly refined energy grid that closely follows the resonance structure in the phantom material cross-sections was identified and used to calculate dose coefficients.

It’s available to all via this link.

https://rdcu.be/dxNK0