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