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Project code: 3-01-134


IONIZING AND NONIONIZING RADIATION AND ENVIRONMENT


Main researcher: BAUMAN, ALICA (2656)



Assistants
Type of research: basic
Duration from: 01/01/91. to 12/31/95.

Papers on project (total): 163
Papers on project quoted in Current Contents: 9
Institution name: Institut za medicinska istraživanja i medicinu rada, Zagreb (22)
Department/Institute: Department of Radiation Protection
Address: HR-10001 Zagreb, Ksaverska cesta 2, P.O.Box 291
City: 10000 - Zagreb, Croatia
Communication
Phone: 385 (0) 1 434 188
Fax: 385 (0) 1 274 572
E-mail: Franic@olimp.irb.hr
E-mail: Zdenko.Franic@X400.irb.hr
E-mail: Prlic@olimp.irb.hr
E-mail: Ivica.Prlic@X400.irb.hr
E-mail: Sencar@olimp.irb.hr
E-mail: Franic@mimi.imi.hr
E-mail: jsencar@mimi.imi.hr

Summary: The investigation of ionizing radiation in the environment forms the bases for the evaluation of the present state of radioactive contamination and the solution for the foreseen future nuclear accidents. This should give the most important data for the fission products evaluation based on the amount of the fission radionuclides present during the migration and their retention in soil. In addition this data will be used for the evaluation of the current transfer factor values of the food chain. In addition to the fission radionuclides study the influence of the natural radionuclides on the environment is investigated. They are the after effects of technological development. Their migration during coal combustion is followed on a specific waste pile of ash and slag. A specially important is the dispersion of radon and its daughter in apartments where such slag is part of building material. On the bases of all the collected experimental data the risk for human health will be evaluated and the internal contamination of people with fission and natural radionuclides will be calculated. Eventually, the radiation dose per capita in the Republic of Croatia will be calculated. The investigations directed on nonionizing electromagnetic radiation should add to enlarge the fund of knowledge of exposure risks especially concerning professional exposure. Evaluating the results of epidemiological studies the most convenient parameters are chosen for health control of professionally exposed people and protection measures are planned.

Keywords: ionizing radiation, fission radioactivity, transfer factor, radon, technologically enhanced natural radioactivity, nonionizing radiation, soil contamination, migration, retention, epidemiological study, risk assessment

Research goals: The investigation of ionizing radiation serves for the diminishing of the after effects of nuclear accidents. The severest effects of the Chernobyl accidents due to the variation of fallout distribution is soil contamination. The project collaborators are investigating the transfer and diffusion of radionuclides in soil. The aim is to define the transfer of the radionuclides in cultivated and uncultivated soils as well as in flora and fauna. It is expected that radionuclides transport in soils radicularelly will be decreased through application of phosphate fertiliser. The environmental contamination through migration of uranium descendants through industrial waste piles is being defined, as well as the diffusion of radionuclides inthe system: waste pile - soil - trickling waters - costal waters.The investigation will serve for the evaluation of radionuclides evaluation in the alimentary chain (bioindicator - venison). The application of slag in building material increases the radioactive contamination in dwellings. For that reason radon is investigated. The impact of nonionizing radiation sources on human health is investigated on the basis of the epidemiological studies. Healths control is proposed for workers exposed to electromagnetic radiation.


COOPERATION - PROJECTS


  1. Name of project: EPA-JF-882 Elimination of Radioactivity and Heavy Metals from Soil
    Name of institution: United States Environmental Protection Agency
    City: Washington, SAD

  2. Name of project: IMI-CRZ-61 Rezultati mjerenja radioaktivnosti životne sredine u 1994. godini u Republici Hrvatskoj
    Name of institution: Ministarstvo zdravstva Republike Hrvatske
    City: 10000 - Zagreb, Croatia


COOPERATION - INSTITUTIONS


  1. Name of institution: World Health Organization (WHO)
    Type of institution: International organization
    Type of cooperation: Systematic exchange of information
    City: Ženeva, Švicarska

  2. Name of institution: United Nations Environmental Programme
    Type of institution: International organization
    Type of cooperation: Occasional exchange of information
    City: Nairobi, Kenija

  3. Name of institution: International Atomic Energy Agency
    Type of institution: International organization
    Type of cooperation: Systematic exchange of information
    City: Beč, Austrija

  4. Name of institution: United States Environmental Protection Agency - Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory
    Type of institution: State institute
    Type of cooperation: Occasional exchange of information
    City: Las Vegas, SAD

  5. Name of institution: Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale
    Type of institution: State institute
    Type of cooperation: Systematic exchange of information
    City: Le Vesinet (Paris), Francuska

  6. Name of institution: International Agency for Research on Cancer
    Type of institution: International organization
    Type of cooperation: Occasional exchange of information
    City: Lyon Cedex, Francuska

  7. Name of institution: Ministarstvo zdravstva Republike Hrvatske
    Type of institution: State administration
    Type of cooperation: Joint project
    City: 10000 - Zagreb, Croatia

  8. Name of institution: Ministarstvo gospodarstva Republike Hrvatske
    Type of institution: State administration
    Type of cooperation: Occasional exchange of information
    City: 10000 - Zagreb, Croatia

  9. Name of institution: Ministarstvo graditeljstva i zaštite okoliša Republike Hrvatske
    Type of institution: State administration
    Type of cooperation: Occasional exchange of information
    City: 10000 - Zagreb, Croatia

  10. Name of institution: Javno vodoprivredno poduzeće Hrvatska vodoprivreda
    Type of institution: Institution whose primary activities ar
    Type of cooperation: Occasional exchange of information
    City: 10000 - Zagreb, Croatia

  11. Name of institution: Institut "Ruđer Bošković"
    Type of institution: State institute
    Type of cooperation: Joint project
    City: 10000 - Zagreb, Croatia

  12. Name of institution: Institut "Jožef Stefan"
    Type of institution: State institute
    Type of cooperation: Systematic exchange of information
    City: Ljubljana, Republika Slovenija

  13. Name of institution: Nuklearna elektrana Krško
    Type of institution: Economical/Production
    Type of cooperation: Systematic exchange of information
    City: Krško, Slovenija

  14. Name of institution: Pedagoški fakultet Osijek
    Type of institution: University/Faculty
    Type of cooperation: Occasional exchange of information
    City: 31000 - Osijek, Croatia

  15. Name of institution: National Radiological Protection Board
    Type of institution: State institute
    Type of cooperation: Occasional exchange of information
    City: Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, Velika Britanija

  16. Name of institution: Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories
    Type of institution: State institute
    Type of cooperation: Occasional exchange of information
    City: Chalk River, Kanada

  17. Name of institution: Zavod za zrakoplovnu medicinu, Nova Bolnica Zagreb
    Type of institution: Institution whose primary activities ar
    Type of cooperation: Occasional exchange of information
    City: 10000 - Zagreb, Croatia

  18. Name of institution: Ministarstvo obrane Republike Hrvatske
    Type of institution: State administration
    Type of cooperation: Occasional exchange of experts
    City: 10000 - Zagreb, Croatia

  19. Name of institution: INA-PETROKEMIJA
    Type of institution: Economical/Production
    Type of cooperation: Occasional exchange of information
    City: Kutina, Republika Hrvatska

  20. Name of institution: INAVINIL
    Type of institution: Economical/Production
    Type of cooperation: Occasional exchange of information
    City: Kaštel Sućurac, Republika Hrvatska


OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS


  1. Name: Uređaj za mjerenje working levela (WL)
    Type of achievement: Instrumentation
    Authors: Danko Ambrošić

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