Open AccessJoint research towards a better radiation protection—highlights of the Fifth MELODI Workshop
Author(s) -
An Aerts,
Nathalie Impens,
Sarah Baatout,
Mohammed Abderrafi Benotmane,
Johan Camps,
Jérémie Dabin,
Hanane Derradji,
Bernd Grosche,
Nele Horemans,
Jean-René Jourdain,
Marjan Moreels,
Tanja Perko,
Roel Quintens,
Jacques Repussard,
W. Rühm,
Thierry Schneider,
Lara Struelens,
Frank Hardeman
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of radiological protection
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1361-6498
pISSN - 0952-4746
DOI - 10.1088/0952-4746/34/4/931
Subject(s) - preparedness , radioecology , radiation protection , political science , joint (building) , low dose radiation , engineering ethics , medicine , public relations , business , engineering , nuclear medicine , architectural engineering , physics , radionuclide , quantum mechanics , cancer , law
MELODI is the European platform dedicated to low-dose radiation risk research. From 7 October through 10 October 2013 the Fifth MELODI Workshop took place in Brussels, Belgium. The workshop offered the opportunity to 221 unique participants originating from 22 countries worldwide to update their knowledge and discuss radiation research issues through 118 oral and 44 poster presentations. In addition, the MELODI 2013 workshop was reaching out to the broader radiation protection community, rather than only the low-dose community, with contributions from the fields of radioecology, emergency and recovery preparedness, and dosimetry. In this review, we summarise the major scientific conclusions of the workshop, which are important to keep the MELODI strategic research agenda up-to-date and which will serve to establish a joint radiation protection research roadmap for the future.