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ICRP Workshop

30 Years of Scientific Achievements for International Radiological Protection:
Summary of the Southern Urals Health Studies Program

24-25 May 2024  |  Vienna, Austria

 

 

For nearly 30 years, the United States and the Russian Federation have cooperated in radiation effects research focused on the workers at, and the public around, the Mayak Production Association in the Southern Urals region north of Chelyabinsk/south of Ekaterinburg. The studies have included about 30,000 monitored workers in the nuclear facilities and over 60,000 members of the effected public in the region, with up to 75 years of multi-generational follow-up. The workshop will summarize the key scientific advances and findings of the dosimetric and epidemiological studies of that research, and describe how they have been incorporated in ICRP recommendations, as well as the areas of potentially productive future research.

 

PROGRAMME

 

CEST
    
Friday 24 May 2024
       
     
13:00 - 14:30 
LUNCH
       
14:30
    
Introduction
Werner Rühm
       
14:40
    
Introduction of the SRG(s)
Nataliya Shandala (remote) & Nolan Hertel
       
14:50
    
JCCRER Research: Aim, Past and Future
Mikhail Sokolnikov (remote)
       
15:05
    
Evolution of the Research Performed in the Urals Research Center for Radiation Medicine Within the Framework of the Intergovernmental U.S.-Russian Agreement
Alexander Akleyev
       
15:20
    
Short Overview of All Projects
Bruce Napier
       
15:30
    
Dosimetry: Project 1.1 - Techa River
Retrospective Dosimetry of the Emergency Exposed Population of the Ural Region - Achievements of Project 1.1
Elena Shishkina (remote)
Key Results of the Techa River Dose Reconstruction and Possible Future Endeavors
Michael Smith & Bruce Napier
       
15:55
    
Dosimetry: Project 1.4 - Mayak
Mayak Gaseous I-131 Model Development
Bruce Napier
       
16:05
    
Dosimetry: Project 2.4 - Mayak Workers
Mayak Worker Dosimetry System: History and Perspectives
Alexander Ephimov (remote)
Key Results of the Mayak Worker Dosimetry System and Possible Future Endeavors
Richard Bull
       
     
16:35 - 17:05
BREAK
       
17:05
    
Epidemiology: Project 1.2b
Stochastic Effects of Environmental Radiation Exposure in Populations Living Near the Mayak Industrial Association: Results of 30 years of Cooperation
Lyudmila Krestinina (remote)
Discussion of Scientific Implications
Moderator: Dale Preston
       
17:30
    
Epidemiology: Project 2.4
30 Years of Plutonium Exposure Effects Epidemiology Research: How Much We Know Now and How Much We Do Not Know Yet?
Mikhail Sokolnikov (remote)
Discussion of Scientific Implications
Moderators: Dale Preston & Dan Stram
       
17:55
    
The Future Can Enhance the Past
Roy Shore, on behalf of the U.S. Scientific Review Group (SRG)
       
18:25
    
Panel Discussion/Q&A
Moderator: Benjamin French and Nolan Hertel
       
19:25
    
Closing

 

 

 

CEST
    
Saturday 25 May 2024
       
09:00
    
Additional Completed Projects & Other JCCRER Supported Science (Projects 2.1, 2.9, 2.3, 2.5, 2.6 & 2.7)
Scott Miller
       
09:25
    
Project 2.8 - Biorepository
SUBI Radiobiological Human Tissue Repository: History and Perspectives
Dariya Oslina (remote)
Evaluations That Have Been Done with RHTR Data at Georgetown
Chris Loffredo (remote)
       
09:55
    
Future Opportunities: Seversk Pilot Study
Lydia Zablotska
       
10:10
    
Q&A
Moderator: Benjamin French and Nolan Hertel
       
     
10:30 - 11:00
BREAK
       
11:00
    
Scientific Achievements and Their Use in ICRP Recommendations
Overview on Committee 1 Activities Relevant to the Studies
Dominique Laurier
Presentation of ICRP Publication 150: Cancer Risk from Exposure to Plutonium and Uranium
Richard Wakeford
Presentation of Task Group 91: Radiation Risk Inference at Low-dose and Low-dose Rate Exposure for Radiological Protection Purposes
Werner Rühm
Overview on Committee 2 Activities Relevant to the Studies
Alexander Ulanowski
Dose Coefficients
Derek Jokisch
       
12:00 
    
Discussion with SRG/ICRP/JCRER
       
12:15
    
Closing
Werner Rühm
     
12:30
LUNCH