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The objectives of the workshop are to get the feedback of the authorities responsible for radon management on the findings of the analysis and implementation of radon action plants (RAPs) in EU MS and the UK, as well as on the results of the regional workshops. Participants of this workshop will reflect on the results and discuss challenges and good practices in the implementation of radon action plans.

Time*: 20^th September: 11.00 – 19.00
21^st September: 08:30 – 16:00

Organizer*: SCK CEN, MERIENCE, SURO

Time:

• 21^st September: all day
• 22^nd September: all day
• 23^rd September: all day
• 24^th September: all day

This yearly event covers radiation research, including radiation physics and chemistry, space radiation, molecular effects, radiation protection and clinical research. Thus, this meeting is an excellent opportunity to hear about the current developments in this fields from experts and also provides a good networking opportunity for early career researchers. http://www.sirr2.it/errs2022/

Organizer: Italian Society for Radiation Research (SIRR)

Time:
5^th October: all day
6^th October: all day
7^th October: until 1.00pm

Description:
The 2^nd Annual Meeting will take place in Munich on the premises of the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) and the Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU). It will involve the gathering of project partners to discuss the progress made and future perspectives. Internal task- and work-package-related meetings will take place on the 5^th. The 6^th and 7^th will feature scientific talks based on three topics:

• Measurements
• Risks and health effects
• Remediation / Mitigation

There will be a discussion with stakeholders to end the meeting.

Organizer: Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) and Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU).

Time*:

• 9^th Oct: all day
• 10^th Oct: all day
• 11^th Oct: all day
• 12^th Oct: all day
• 13^th Oct: all day
• 14^th Oct: all day

Topics covered at the event will be:

• Effects of spatial and temporal variation in dose delivery
• Modelling of the biokinetic behaviour and risk for internal emitters
• Improving environmental and health monitoring, particularly by lay people
• Justification and optimization in medical exposures
• Reasonableness in optimisation of protection
• Balancing tissue reactions and stochastic risks
• Benefit and risk associated with multiple medical imaging procedures
• Radiation protection approaches based on individual radiosensitivity
• Hereditary Syndromes and Radiation Effects
• Patient-specific dosimetry in medical imaging
• Dosimetry in radionuclide therapy for individualized patient treatment
• Cumulative Effective Dose
• Computational dosimetry, application of computational phantoms (new paediatric voxel phantoms, mesh phantoms) for dose assessment
• The impact of new dosimetry quantities
• Biomarkers of exposure, disease and susceptibility
• Risks of non-cancer diseases at low and intermediate dose levels
• Improving cancer risk assessment
• Radiation oncology (deciphering biological mechanism and predicting the risk, medical management of adverse effects, radiomics)
• Adverse outcome pathways of radiation disease/effect
• Biological and ecological effects of low dose/ low dose rate exposure on humans and biota
• Integration of environmental exposure assessment for ionising radiation and other stressors
• Justification and optimization of emergency preparedness, response and recovery
• Social sciences and humanities applied to radiological protection (tolerability, reasonableness, ethics, social and economic aspects, risk communication, mental health, stakeholder involvement, safety culture, etc.)
• Innovations, new findings and new technologies
• Post-accident recovery and lessons learned from the Fukushima accident
• Advances in preparedness for emergencies and recovery at national and international level; relation between research and operational needs
• Naturally-Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM)
• Radon
• Radionuclides in food/drinking-water and human food chain modelling
• Aquatic and atmospheric transport processes
• Cosmic radiation
• Optimization of radiation protection in radioactive waste disposal
• Education and Training in Radiological Protection
• Newly funded research projects
• Collaboration between European research platforms (MEENAS)
• Partnership for European research in radiation protection (PIANOFORTE session)
• “Post-COVID” condition and the role of the immune system: the potential of immunomodulatory action of low dose radiotherapies on combating different infective and chronic immune disorders (special session/debate)

Organizers: European Radiation Dosimetry Group (EURADOS), European Radioecology Alliance, European Alliance for Medical Radiation Protection Research (EURAMED), European Platform on preparedness for nuclear and radiological emergency response and recovery (NERIS), Multidisciplinary European Low Dose Initiative (MELODI), Social Sciences and Humanities in ionising Radiation Research (SHARE), Portuguese Radiation Protection Society (SPPCR), Running the European Network of Biological and Retrospective Physical Dosimetry (RENEB).

Date: 7^th November 2022 – 10^th November 2022

Time:

• 7^th November: all day
• 8^th November: all day
• 9^th November: all day
• 10^th November: all day

The overarching theme of ICRP2021+1 is Radiological Protection – The Next Generation. This reflects the need to review and refine the System of Radiological Protection over the coming decade to ensure it remains fit for purpose for the next generation, and highlights the importance of innovation and involving the next generation in this pursuit.

Location: Vancouver, Canada

Any other related info: Website: https://icrp2021.com/

Organizer: International Commission on Radiological Protection

Time:
28^th November: 11.00 – 19.00
29^th November: 09:00 – 16:45
30^th November: 09:00 – 15:30

Description:
The workshop serves as a platform for direct exchange between scientists of various disciplines; for discussion of the knowns and unknowns; and for definition of a long-term strategic research agenda with the overall aim towards a better understanding of the main causes of childhood leukemia.

Location: Munich, Germany

Any other related info: Website: https://leukemia.bfs-internationalworkshop-muc.de/

Organizer: German Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS)

The EAN would like to examine how the optimisation principle has been applied in the case of NORM and radon (at workplace or in other circumstances) and whether the choices of exposure type and exposure categories affect the practical implementation of ALARA.
A webinar will be organised to present an overview of experiences and discussed if the elements of the optimisation process could be influenced by the type of exposure situation/categories of exposure:
• Selection of the appropriate dose criteria (dose constraint, reference level);
• Dose assessment;
• Identification of the protective options and selection of the best option;
• Implementation, monitoring of exposure and iteration.

Organizer: European ALARA Network (EAN)