Australian inputs into the IAEA EMRAS program: terrestrial animal concentration factors and the LFBG environmental dose assessment scenario

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dc.contributor.authorTwining, JRen_AU
dc.contributor.authorJohansen, MPen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-11T00:23:07Zen_AU
dc.date.available2022-11-11T00:23:07Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2010-08-31en_AU
dc.date.statistics2022-01-31en_AU
dc.description.abstractThere has been a recent international emphasis placed on assessing radiological dose and its impacts on ecosystems in addition to those directly affecting humans. This is reflected in the development of the IAEA Environmental Modelling for Radiation Safety (EMRAS) Program. As part of Australia's contribution to EMRAS, we have been looking at ecosystems previously affected by nuclear activities within the country and acquiring data pertinent to Australian animals and plants, many of which are unique. Within Australia, one area of concern has been identified as the yet-to-be-developed national nuclear waste repository and we are acquiring data to help in modelling any potential effects. The Little Forest Burial Ground (LFBG) is a near surface nuclear waste site dating from the 19605. As well as providing data on the behaviour of radioactivity within an Australian ecosystem, it is also a case study site for EMRAS dose assessment modelling where a range of methods for estimating bio-uptake in plants and animals are being applied by IAEA participants. Further, there are a number of uranium mines or deposits and a weapons test site, Maralinga, that give us additional radioecological information as input to those models. A summary of the Australian terrestrial fauna concentration factors will be presented.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationTwining, J., & Johansen, M. (2010). Australian inputs into the IAEA EMRAS program: terrestrial animal concentration factors and the LFBG environmental dose assessment scenario. Paper presented to the 11th South Pacific Environmental Radioactivity Association Conference "SPERA 2010", Crowne Plaza, Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Australia, 31 August - 3 September 2010.en_AU
dc.identifier.conferenceenddate3 September 2010en_AU
dc.identifier.conferencename11th South Pacific Environmental Radioactivity Association Conference 'SPERA 2010'en_AU
dc.identifier.conferenceplaceGold Coast, Australiaen_AU
dc.identifier.conferencestartdate31 August 2010en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/14017en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherSouth Pacific Radioactivity Associationen_AU
dc.subjectAustraliaen_AU
dc.subjectIAEAen_AU
dc.subjectEnvironmenten_AU
dc.subjectMonitoringen_AU
dc.subjectRadiation monitoringen_AU
dc.subjectEcosystemsen_AU
dc.subjectGround disposalen_AU
dc.subjectRadioactive wastesen_AU
dc.subjectRadioecologyen_AU
dc.subjectRadiation protectionen_AU
dc.titleAustralian inputs into the IAEA EMRAS program: terrestrial animal concentration factors and the LFBG environmental dose assessment scenarioen_AU
dc.typeConference Abstracten_AU
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