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FP 6 - Radiation Protection
Main objectivesunderpin European policy/standardsresolve uncertainties in the risk from low and protracted exposures to radiationbetter integration of European Radiation Protection research
FP 6 - Radiation ProtectionResearch priorities Quantification of risks Medical uses of radiation Natural sources of radiation Protection of the environment Radioecology Risk management Emergency management Protection of the workplace
FP 6 - Radiation Protection
Quantification of risks of radiation at low doses
Rationale Controversial policy and science issue with important health
and economic implicationsPriorities epidemiological studies of suitable exposed populations cellular and molecular biology research on the interaction
between radiation and the DNA, cells, organs and the body
FP 6 - Radiation Protection
Medical uses of radiation
RationaleMajor contributor to population exposure from
artificial sources and will increase in futurePriorities Enhance the safety and efficacy of medical uses
of radiation in diagnosis and therapy
FP 6 - Radiation Protection
Natural sources of radiation
RationaleNatural sources now brought fully within regulatory
control Priorities better understanding, assessment and
management of natural sources, in particular, naturally occurring radioactive materials
FP 6 - Radiation Protection
Protection of the environment
RationaleAdequacy of current policy and standards being
challengedPriorities development of a conceptual and methodological
basis for protection of the environment
FP 6 - Radiation Protection
Radioecology
RationaleMaintain competence and better integrate European
capability Priorities better assessment and management of the impact
of natural and artificial sources of radiation on man and the environment
FP 6 - Radiation Protection
Risk management
RationaleWeaknesses in current approachesPriorities better approaches for risk governance capable of
gaining broad acceptance
FP 6 - Radiation Protection
Emergency management
RationaleLargely addressed at a national level hindering
coherence of approach at broader levels Priorities more effective and coherent emergency
management in Europe, including rehabilitation of contaminated areas
FP 6 - Radiation Protection
Protection of the workplace
RationaleMaintain competence and make better use of
European capability Priorities improved monitoring and management of
occupational exposure in industries involving exposure to radiation
FP 6 - Radiation Protection
Developments from FP5 to FP6
scope largely same as FP5 increased focus on some areas - in particular
quantification of risks use of new instruments