Recommendations from the international union of radioecology to improve guidance on radiation protection

Abstract

This brief commentary summarizes the views of a working group assembled by the International Union of Radioecology to advance the approaches used to evaluate effects of radioactive materials in the environment. The key message in both the research needs and the recommendations for management of radioactive materials centers around the need to adopt an ecocentric approach that recognizes the interconnectedness of biota, including humans, and ecological processes. © 2011 SETAC.

Keywords

Ecosystems approach; ICRP; Radiation; Radiation protection; Risk assessment

Published in

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management
2011, volume: 7, number: 3, pages: 411-413

SLU Authors

• Carroll, Simon

  • Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Ecology

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ieam.242

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/132304