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UNSCEAR activities and issues IACRS, ILO, Geneva, 12-13 May 2011

United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation
  • UNSCEAR activities and issues IACRS, ILO, Geneva, 12-13 May 2011.

• Strategic objective:
– Increase awareness and deepen understanding among authorities,
scientific community and civil society with regard to levels of radiation
and related health and environmental effects as sound basis for informed
decision-making on radiation-related issues
• Thematic priorities:
– Medical exposures (MoU with WHO and IAEA, DoseDataMed)
– Radiation levels from energy production
– Natural sources (IAEA DIRATA)
– Effects from low-dose-rate exposures
• Strategic shifts to improve:
– Operational processes
– Data management (Databases)
– Results-based management and coordination
– Outreach (Brochure, Web, Press releases, Lecture materials)