TRansfer - Exposure - Effects (TREE): integrating the science needed to underpin radioactivity assessments for humans and wildlife
Lead Research Organisation:
NERC CEH (Up to 30.11.2019)
Department Name: Pollution (Lancaster)
Abstract
For all sources of radioactivity, radiological risk assessments are essential for safeguarding human and environmental health. But assessments often have to rely upon simplistic assumptions, such as the use of simple ratios in risk calculations which combine many processes. This pragmatic approach has largely arisen due to the lack of scientific knowledge and/or data in key areas. The resultant uncertainty has been taken into account through conservative approaches to radiological risk assessment which may tend to overestimate risk. Uncertainty arises at all stages of the assessment process from the estimation of transfer to human foodstuffs and wildlife, exposure and risk. Reducing uncertainty is important as it relates directly to scientific credibility, which will always be open to challenge given the highly sensitive nature of radiological risk assessment in society. We propose an integrated, multi-disciplinary, programme to assess and reduce the uncertainty associated with radiological risk assessment to protect human health and the environment. At the same time we will contribute to building the capacity needed to ensure that the UK rebuilds and maintains expertise in environmental radioactivity into the future.
Our project has four major and highly inter-related components to address the key goal of RATE to rebuild UK capacity and make a major contribution to enhancing environmental protection and safeguarding human health.
The first component will study how the biological availability of radionuclides varies in soils over time. We will investigate if short-term measurements (collected in three year controlled experiments) can be used to predict the long-term availability of radionuclides in soils by testing our models in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. The second component will apply the concepts of 'phylogeny' and 'ionomics' to characterise radionuclide uptake by plants and other organisms. These approaches, and statistical modelling methods, are increasingly applied to describe uptake of a range of elements in plant nutrition, and we are pioneering their use for studying radionuclide uptake in other organisms and human foods. A particularly exciting aspect of the approach is the possibility to make predictions for any plant or animal. This is of great value as it is impossible to measure uptake for all wildlife, crops and farm animals. The third component of the work will extend our efforts to improve the quantification of radiation exposure and understanding of resultant biological effects by investigating the underlying mechanisms involved. A key aim is to see whether what we know from experiments on animals and plants in the laboratory is a good representation of what happens in the real world: some scientists believe that animals in the natural environment are more susceptible to radiation than laboratory animals: we need to test this to have confidence in our risk assessments. Together these studies will enable us to reduce and better quantify the uncertainties associated with radiological risk assessment.
By training a cohort of PDRA and PhDs our fourth component will help to renew UK capacity in environmental radioactivity by providing trained, experienced researchers who are well networked within the UK and internationally through the contacts of the investigators. Our students will be trained in a wide range of essential skills through their controlled laboratory studies and working in contaminated environments. They will benefit from being a member of a multidisciplinary team and opportunities to take placements with our beneficiaries and extensive range of project partners.
The outputs of the project will benefit governmental and non-governmental organisations with responsibility for assessing the risks to humans and wildlife posed by environmental radioactivity. It will also make a major contribution to improved scientific and public confidence in the outcomes of environmental safety assessments.
Our project has four major and highly inter-related components to address the key goal of RATE to rebuild UK capacity and make a major contribution to enhancing environmental protection and safeguarding human health.
The first component will study how the biological availability of radionuclides varies in soils over time. We will investigate if short-term measurements (collected in three year controlled experiments) can be used to predict the long-term availability of radionuclides in soils by testing our models in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. The second component will apply the concepts of 'phylogeny' and 'ionomics' to characterise radionuclide uptake by plants and other organisms. These approaches, and statistical modelling methods, are increasingly applied to describe uptake of a range of elements in plant nutrition, and we are pioneering their use for studying radionuclide uptake in other organisms and human foods. A particularly exciting aspect of the approach is the possibility to make predictions for any plant or animal. This is of great value as it is impossible to measure uptake for all wildlife, crops and farm animals. The third component of the work will extend our efforts to improve the quantification of radiation exposure and understanding of resultant biological effects by investigating the underlying mechanisms involved. A key aim is to see whether what we know from experiments on animals and plants in the laboratory is a good representation of what happens in the real world: some scientists believe that animals in the natural environment are more susceptible to radiation than laboratory animals: we need to test this to have confidence in our risk assessments. Together these studies will enable us to reduce and better quantify the uncertainties associated with radiological risk assessment.
By training a cohort of PDRA and PhDs our fourth component will help to renew UK capacity in environmental radioactivity by providing trained, experienced researchers who are well networked within the UK and internationally through the contacts of the investigators. Our students will be trained in a wide range of essential skills through their controlled laboratory studies and working in contaminated environments. They will benefit from being a member of a multidisciplinary team and opportunities to take placements with our beneficiaries and extensive range of project partners.
The outputs of the project will benefit governmental and non-governmental organisations with responsibility for assessing the risks to humans and wildlife posed by environmental radioactivity. It will also make a major contribution to improved scientific and public confidence in the outcomes of environmental safety assessments.
Planned Impact
Nuclear new-build and waste disposal require rigorous safety assessments of effects on the biosphere and human health to underpin decisions which often involve public consultation. The credibility of scientific evidence is open to challenge given the sensitive nature of radiological risk assessment. The publicity (www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-10819027) associated with scientific dispute on the environmental effects of radiation hinders informed debate on nuclear issues and will impinge upon the economic competitiveness of the UK by delaying decisions on future energy supplies and disposal. Unbiased scientific opinion, based on rigorous research, and demonstration of fitness for purpose of assessment approaches will aid debate in the UK and overseas thereby directly supporting the public, regulators and industry.
This project addresses 4 of the 5 priority areas identified by the RATE programme ensuring we will make major contributions to the programme's objectives. We will produce capacity that will benefit the RCUK Energy Plan whilst producing innovative, excellent science that will also underpin the commercial sector.
The consortium partners represent a significant proportion of current UK capability in the key radioecological fields identified by RATE. As part of the project, 4 PDRAs and a cohort of 7 PhD students with the skills to build on this capacity will be trained, enhancing the UK research capability and providing skilled practitioners for industry/regulators. Our summer school at Chernobyl and training programme will be open to PhD students from all RATE consortia, the European STAR radioecology Network of Excellence and our project partners.
NDA and EA will benefit from reduced uncertainty in wildlife and human assessment models. Key radionuclides identified in geological repositories assessments are the focus of soil-plant biogeochemical studies and development of phylogenetic models to predict activity concentrations in wildlife and human foodchain models. New data and phylogenetic-ionomic models will significantly improve transfer models for Reference Animals and Plants (RAPs). They also have the potential to identify suitable surrogates for protected species for environmental monitoring and to be applicable to human and environmental assessment.
In particular EA will also benefit from the effects data obtained for some RAPs which will help fitness-for-purpose assessment of the ICRP's Derived Consideration Reference Levels. An improved understanding of biological effect mechanisms of radiation will be gained including the evaluation of trans-generation effects and how this may impact on populations. These outputs will feed into the derivation of robust, scientifically defensible numeric criteria for use in wildlife dose assessments at an international level and will expand basic knowledge on chronic low level radiation effects.
SEPA will benefit from improved approaches and reduced/quantified uncertainties for environmental and human foodchain assessments. Equivalent overseas agencies will similarly benefit through our input to key international organisations. For instance, the IAEA and ICRP who provide the guidance and recommendations on radiation protection used to define regulation at European and national levels. International guidance for ensuring the environment is protected from releases of radioactive substances is still developing and the outputs from TREE will provide key inputs. Close engagement of consortium members with national and international agencies and other beneficiaries will ensure that impacts will be realised immediately. Benefits will continue to be realised, and project outputs exploited, as international organisations and national regulators develop recommendations and decisions are made on nuclear related issues using the improved knowledge from this project.
This project addresses 4 of the 5 priority areas identified by the RATE programme ensuring we will make major contributions to the programme's objectives. We will produce capacity that will benefit the RCUK Energy Plan whilst producing innovative, excellent science that will also underpin the commercial sector.
The consortium partners represent a significant proportion of current UK capability in the key radioecological fields identified by RATE. As part of the project, 4 PDRAs and a cohort of 7 PhD students with the skills to build on this capacity will be trained, enhancing the UK research capability and providing skilled practitioners for industry/regulators. Our summer school at Chernobyl and training programme will be open to PhD students from all RATE consortia, the European STAR radioecology Network of Excellence and our project partners.
NDA and EA will benefit from reduced uncertainty in wildlife and human assessment models. Key radionuclides identified in geological repositories assessments are the focus of soil-plant biogeochemical studies and development of phylogenetic models to predict activity concentrations in wildlife and human foodchain models. New data and phylogenetic-ionomic models will significantly improve transfer models for Reference Animals and Plants (RAPs). They also have the potential to identify suitable surrogates for protected species for environmental monitoring and to be applicable to human and environmental assessment.
In particular EA will also benefit from the effects data obtained for some RAPs which will help fitness-for-purpose assessment of the ICRP's Derived Consideration Reference Levels. An improved understanding of biological effect mechanisms of radiation will be gained including the evaluation of trans-generation effects and how this may impact on populations. These outputs will feed into the derivation of robust, scientifically defensible numeric criteria for use in wildlife dose assessments at an international level and will expand basic knowledge on chronic low level radiation effects.
SEPA will benefit from improved approaches and reduced/quantified uncertainties for environmental and human foodchain assessments. Equivalent overseas agencies will similarly benefit through our input to key international organisations. For instance, the IAEA and ICRP who provide the guidance and recommendations on radiation protection used to define regulation at European and national levels. International guidance for ensuring the environment is protected from releases of radioactive substances is still developing and the outputs from TREE will provide key inputs. Close engagement of consortium members with national and international agencies and other beneficiaries will ensure that impacts will be realised immediately. Benefits will continue to be realised, and project outputs exploited, as international organisations and national regulators develop recommendations and decisions are made on nuclear related issues using the improved knowledge from this project.
Organisations
- NERC CEH (Up to 30.11.2019) (Lead Research Organisation)
- State Agency of Ukraine for Exclusion Zone Management (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (Collaboration)
- University of Portsmouth (Collaboration)
- UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY (Collaboration)
- National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU) (Collaboration)
- Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority (NRPA) (Collaboration)
- University of Plymouth (Collaboration)
- International Commission on Radiological Protection (Collaboration)
- McMaster University (Collaboration)
- International Atomic Energy Agency (Collaboration)
- Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD (Collaboration)
- University of Stirling (Collaboration)
- McMaster University (Project Partner)
- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (Project Partner)
- Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Project Partner)
- Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (Project Partner)
- Nat Uni of Life and Env Sci Ukraine (Project Partner)
- Marine Ecology Research Institute (Project Partner)
- Public Health England (Project Partner)
- Chiba Institute of Technology (Project Partner)
Publications
Aramrun P
(2018)
Selecting passive dosimetry technologies for measuring the external dose of terrestrial wildlife.
in Journal of environmental radioactivity
Beresford N
(2016)
The transfer of 137 Cs, Pu isotopes and 90 Sr to bird, bat and ground-dwelling small mammal species within the Chernobyl exclusion zone
in Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
Beresford NA
(2020)
Radionuclide transfer to wildlife at a 'Reference site' in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and resultant radiation exposures.
in Journal of environmental radioactivity
Beresford NA
(2020)
Field effects studies in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone: Lessons to be learnt.
in Journal of environmental radioactivity
Beresford NA
(2019)
Moving radiation protection on from the limitations of empirical concentration ratios.
in Journal of environmental radioactivity
Beresford NA
(2018)
Data for lead (Pb) in terrestrial wildlife and resultant taxonomic models
Beresford NA
(2018)
Quantifying exposure of plants and animals to radiation: a new methodology
Beresford NA
(2022)
Ensuring robust radiological risk assessment for wildlife: insights from the International Atomic Energy Agency EMRAS and MODARIA programmes.
in Journal of radiological protection : official journal of the Society for Radiological Protection
Title | Chernobyl our natural laboratory |
Description | Short video of our work in Chernobyl |
Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Impact | Generally well received [will potentially be used as an example of good practice in CEH scicom training courses] |
URL | https://youtu.be/Jp2R8--E1pY |
Description | We investigated the effects of radiation on a variety of wildlife in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone combined with controlled studies. We found that numbers of large mammals in the areas affected by radioactivity from the Chernobyl accident are similar to those in nature reserves. We have also found that within the Chernobyl zone, mammal abundances are similar in the most contaminated areas when compared to the least contaminated areas. However, whilst wildlife at Chernobyl appears to be thriving, radiation effects are observable in some species in the most contaminated parts of the CEZ. Our results also suggest that internal benchmark dose rates need to be reviewed. |
Exploitation Route | These results will provide key supporting evidence to organisations regulating nuclear licensed sites and radioactive waste management and are being taken forward by TREE investigators participation in ICRP Task Groups and UN IAEA working Groups. |
Sectors | Energy Environment |
URL | https://tree.ceh.ac.uk/content/tree-publications-and-datasets |
Description | Extensive media coverage worldwide (see https://tree.ceh.ac.uk/content/evidence-impact). |
First Year Of Impact | 2015 |
Sector | Other |
Impact Types | Cultural Societal |
Description | Environment Agency - Radioactive Substances Regulation (RSR) Group - Habitats Seminar - CPD - 20th Sept 2018 |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Impact | Provided a more secure scientific basis from which to implement current regulations on plant exposure to radioactivity in the environment |
Description | Environmental protection training courses |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Impact | We included sessions on the impact of TREE research in courses on radiological environmental protection attended by primarily by regulators and industry. Two courses were run in July 2019. |
Description | Environmental protection training courses 2020 |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Impact | Included sessions on TREE outputs into two training courses held for regulators/industry/consultants/researchers in autumn 2020 |
Description | ICRP |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Impact | The work in the TREE project has been used to date within the International Commission on Radiological Protection Committee 5 on Environmental Protection. So far the work has influenced the approaches being recommended for protection of the environment in existing exposure situations. Plans are underway for TREE outputs to be used in the development of the ICRP's Reference animals and plants. |
URL | http://www.icrp.org |
Description | KE event for RASSC at IAEA |
Geographic Reach | Europe |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Description | Modelling radionuclide transfer from waste repository to plants |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
Impact | Our work on the RATE programme has involved Radioactive Waste Management Ltd from the start. As a co-funder they have helped shaped our research direction. We have generated data and predictive frameworks that will help them make the case for a secure nuclear waste repository - a key factor in the UK's energy strategy. It will help them understand and lessen any environmental impact there may be from nuclear waste repository. The details of how exactly this will be manifest will become clear over the next feww years as waste repository moves beyond the construction phase. |
Description | Participation in UN IAEA working group |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Membership of a guideline committee |
Description | Participation in an advisory committee - ICRP (2016) |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Impact | Since 1928, ICRP has developed, maintained, and elaborated the International System of Radiological Protection used world-wide as the common basis for radiological protection standards, legislation, guidelines, programmes, and practice. ICRP has published more than one hundred reports on all aspects of radiological protection. Most address a particular area within radiological protection, but a handful of publications, the so-called fundamental recommendations, each describe the overall system of radiological protection. The International System of Radiological Protection has been developed by ICRP based on (i) the current understanding of the science of radiation exposures and effects and (ii) value judgements. These value judgements take into account societal expectations, ethics, and experience gained in application of the system. The outputs from the TREE project are now being incorporated into our current understanding of the radiation exposures and effects on wildlife and being used to influence new guidelines and recommendations. |
URL | http://www.icrp.org |
Description | The effects of radionuclides released to the environment |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
Impact | Our work on the RATE programme has involved the Environment Agency from the start. As a co-funder they have helped shaped our research direction. We have generated data and predictive frameworks that will help them protect the environment from the effects of ionising radiation - a key factor in the UK's energy strategy. It will help them understand and lessen any environmental impact there may be from the nuclear industry. The details of how exactly this will be manifest will become clear over the next few years as the results of the RATE programme are manifest in policy. |
Description | Chernobyl - a radioactive ecosystem on fire (CHAR) |
Amount | £65,525 (GBP) |
Funding ID | NE/V009346/1 |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2020 |
End | 06/2021 |
Description | DIAMOND Synchrotron Beamtime |
Amount | £54,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | SM17075-1 |
Organisation | STFC Laboratories |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2018 |
End | 03/2018 |
Description | Environmental Radioactivity Network Small Projects |
Amount | £19,760 (GBP) |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 01/2017 |
End | 12/2017 |
Description | NERC Innovation Follow on Fund |
Amount | £100,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | NE/R009619/1 |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2017 |
End | 04/2019 |
Description | NERC Metabolomics Birmingham |
Amount | £33,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2016 |
End | 04/2019 |
Description | NERC Urgency Grant |
Amount | £51,970 (GBP) |
Funding ID | NE/P015212/1 |
Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2016 |
End | 10/2017 |
Title | Novel molecular tool for species identification for the model organism (Drosophilid) |
Description | RFLP method for distinguishing between Drosophila melanogaster amd Drosophila simulans, which are commonly found in similar distributions and share a number of morphological characteristics. |
Type Of Material | Biological samples |
Year Produced | 2016 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | This work has not generated notable impacts yet, it has been presented in talks and will be published in 2017 which will hopefully lead to impacts in the future. |
Title | Radionuclide Transfer Predictor |
Description | (The 'type of research tool or method' options above could do with some serious improvement). Our novel method predicts radionuclide transfer into organisms for which uptake has never been measured. Current models depend on constants of proportionality between compartments that have been measured. We compile existing data using linear mixed models approaches, benchmark the outputs against International Atomic Energy Agency recommendations and then use benchmark species in a given ecosystem to predict transfer for other species. the predictions are based in significant part on phylogenetic influences on transfer we have identified. |
Type Of Material | Biological samples |
Year Produced | 2017 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Radioactive Waste management Ltd and the Environment Agency will incorporate it into their capabilities for predicting radionuclide movement in the environment. |
Title | A 'Reference Site' in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone: radionuclide and stable element data, and estimated dose rates |
Description | Data comprise radionuclide activity concentrations, stable element concentrations and both radionuclide and stable element concentration ratios for vegetation and wildlife samples collected in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) in 2014. Estimated absorbed dose rates for wildlife in the CEZ are also presented. Samples of soil, wild grass, earthworms, bees and other insects, small mammals, pine trees and frogs were collected in May and June 2014; frogspawn was collected in April 2015. Data were used to assess the uptake of radionuclides by wildlife living in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) and also absorbed dose rates. The isotopes measured were: Americium-241, Caesium-137, Plutonium-238, -239 and -240, Strontium-90 (K-40 and U-238 activity concentrations were estimated from stable element data). |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Data have been included in the international wildlife transfer database and are being used in an upcoming ICRP report. The data have also been used to aid dose assessments in subsequent studies and also fit phylogenetic/taxonomic models. |
Title | Bird Vocalisation Activity (BiVA) database: annotated soundscapes from the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone |
Description | Data comprise audio files captured using a Wildlife Acoustics SM3 Songmeter located on an overgrown unpaved road close to several abandoned houses with deciduous trees (including fruit trees in former gardens) in the abandoned village of Buryakovka in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine. A single continuous recording of twelve hours of audio from midday until midnight on the 25th June 2015 was manually annotated by an expert (using Raven Pro interactive sound analysis software). The dataset comprises the resultant five wave files (stereo .wav sampled at 48 kHz) and five annotation files (text files with the same name as the associated wave file). |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Being used in method development |
Title | Data for lead (Pb) in terrestrial wildlife and resultant taxonomic models |
Description | Data comprise concentration ratios for lead and 210Pb in terrestrial wildlife and plants, and residual maximum likelihood (REML) model values for taxons (order, family and genus). Pb was used as an example of the derivation and application of a REML model for terrestrial wildlife species. The model outputs consists of a mean value for each taxa on a common scale after REML adjustment (referred to as the 'REML mean') taking account of the random factor (i.e. site). The REML mean value represents a relative scaling value. Funding for preparing this data set was provided by the TREE project (http://www.ceh.ac.uk/tree) funded by the NERC, the Environment Agency and Radioactive Waste Management Ltd. under the RATE programme. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Title | Database of uptake of Tc-99 and Se-75 by plants |
Description | Results of a large comparative experiment on Tc and Se transfer into plants |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2017 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | In the process of publication - will be openly accessible in 2018. |
Title | Elemental and radionuclide concentrations for several vegetation species from a site in Extremadura, Spain |
Description | Data comprise elemental and radionuclide concentrations in freeze-dried Mediterranean plants, seeds and oven dried soil. The samples were collected in June 2014 along a transect located in the Monfragüe National Park which is within the province of Cáceres, western Spain (start: N 33° 49' 47.2'', W 006° 01' 55.4'', end: N 390 49'46.8'', W 0060 02' 05.1'' (geocentric World Geodetic System 1984 (GPS WG 884)). Thirty plant species (Agrostis pourretii; Campanula rapunculus; Taraxacum sp.; Taraxacum officinale; Rumex scutatus; Hypericum perforatum; Schoenoplectus pungens; Erica umbellata; Phillyrea angustifolia; Myrtus communis; Cytisus sp.; Vitis vinifera subsp. Sylvestris; Crataegus monogyna; Daphne gnidium; Quercus ilex; Ruscus aculeatus; Olea europaea subsp. Europaea; Hordeum murinum; Pistacia terebinthus; Acer monspessulanum; Ficus carica; Cistus ladanifer; Eryngium campestre; Carlina vulgaris; Asparagus acutifolius; Viburnum tinus; Tamarix gallica; Jasminum fruticans; Rubia peregrine; Trifolium campestre) and three soil samples were collected and analysed by ICPMS (Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry) or ICPOES (Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy) to determine their elemental concentrations. Seeds from six of the plant species were also collected and analysed. Plant samples of sufficient mass (n=16) and the three soil samples were also analysed for selected gamma emitting radionuclides (Be-7, Cs-137 and K-40). |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Data are being used to update international databases of radionuclide to transfer and will subsequent be used to update international recommendations. The data have also been used to fit alternative taxonomic/phylogenetic models. |
Title | Elemental concentrations in representative species of the ICRP's Reference Animals and Plants and associated soils in terrestrial Mediterranean ecosystems in Spain |
Description | Data comprise stable element concentrations in terrestrial Reference Animals and Plants (RAPs) and corresponding whole-body concentration ratios determined in two different Mediterranean ecosystems: a Pinewood and a Dehesa (grassland with disperse tree cover). The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) RAPs considered in the Pinewood ecosystem were Pine Tree and Wild Grass; whereas in the Dehesa ecosystem those considered were Deer, Rat, Earthworm, Bee, Frog, Duck and Wild Grass. The data include: elemental concentrations in soils; elemental concentrations in plants, invertebrates, vertebrate tissues and estimated concentrations for vertebrate whole-organisms; individual concentration ratios (relating the fresh matter concentration in organisms to the dry matter concentration in soil); vertebrate species tissue masses; fresh to dry matter data for invertebrate species; geometric and arithmetic mean and standard deviation summaries for elemental concentrations and concentration ratios. Elemental concentrations presented include I, Li, Be, B, Na, Mg, Al, P, S, K. Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Se, Rb, Sr, Mo, Ag, Cd, Cs, Ba, Tl, Pb and U. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2017 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Title | Iodine soil-plant transfer database |
Description | A collation of experimental and literature data fur use in meta-analysis of iodine transfer from soil to plant |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2015 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | Published work from it but not having notable impact yet |
Title | Radionuclide data for vertebrates in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone |
Description | Data comprise radionuclide concentrations in soils and a range of terrestrial vertebrate species (reptiles, small mammals and birds) sampled in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) between 1999 and 2008. Reptiles were collected in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2007, birds, bats, and small mammals were collected in 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008. Dose rate data are provided for one study, both as ambient dose rate measurements and also as recorded by thermoluminescent dosimeters attached to small mammal species. The isotopes measured include: Americium-241, Caesium-134 and 137, Cobalt-60, Europium-154 and 155, Potassium-40, Plutonium-238, -239 and -240, Strontium-90. The data were used to assess the concentration of radioactive contamination in soil, consequent uptake of radionuclides by wildlife living in the CEZ and to test prediction of the ERICA Tool assessment model. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2018 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | The data are included in the international wildlife transfer model and are being used to fit phylogenetic/taxonomic models. |
Title | Screening parameter values |
Description | Derivation of screening parameter values for IAEA generic screening models for assessing exposure to the public. A database on transfer to animal products has been enhanced and quality cointrolled . A relationship between true true absorbtion in ruminants and transfer coefficients for a range of elements/ radionuclides has been successfully derived. The relationship has been used as the basis to derive transfer parameters for elements/ radionuclides where there is no data on the basis of ICRP gut absorbtion values. This constitutes a novel way to fill missing data gaps. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2014 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Conservative animal product transfer parameters were compiled and derived and supplied to the IAEA for use in the new generic screening models for assesing exposures to the public. The screening models are used extensively by member states to assess exposure to the public fcrom regulated releases. They will be finalised and published in 2015. |
Title | Soil biological activity in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine, September 2005 and spring 2016 |
Description | Data comprise site location, soil chemistry (pH, soil moisture), soil radionuclide activity concentrations (the isotopes measured were: Americium-241, Caesium-137, Plutonium-238, -239 and -240, Strontium-90 (K-40 and U-238 activity concentrations were estimated from stable element data) and soil biological activity (derived from application of bait lamina sticks) at 18 sites in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ), Ukraine in 2016; data for four sites in 2005 are also presented. Estimate absorbed radionuclide dose rates to soil invertebrates and bacteria are also presented. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | n/a |
Title | Spatial datasets of radionuclide contamination in the Ukrainian Chernobyl Exclusion Zone |
Description | Data comprise radionuclide deposition, radioactivity dose measurements, radioactive particle activity and physical characteristic information from soil samples collected within and around the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) following the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986. Data include radiocaesium, radiostrontium and soil chemistry parameters from soils collected in 1997, plutonium isotope measurements in soil samples and soil layers collected in 2000 and 2001, 'Hot particle' dataset presenting radionuclide activity and some physical characteristics of 'hot particles' extracted from soils collected in the Ukraine and Poland between 1995 and 1997; and Ivankov region data (radionuclide activity concentrations and natural background dose measurements) from a survey of the Ivankov region, immediately to the south of the CEZ conducted in 2014. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2017 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Data allow spatial contamination surface to be derived. |
Title | Spatial radionuclide deposition data from the 60 km radial area around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, 1987. |
Description | Data comprise sample site information, dose rate, radionuclide (zirconium-95, niobium-95, ruthenium-106, caesium-134, caesium-137 and cerium-144) deposition, and exchangeable caesium-134 and 137 in soils collected from within a 60 km radius of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (ChNPP) in 1987 following the Chernobyl nuclear accident on 26th April 1986. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Gives better ability to spatially map contamination in the Chernobyl Exclusion zone and conduct retrospective dose assessments. |
Description | International collaborations on developing taxonomic models |
Organisation | International Atomic Energy Agency |
Country | Austria |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Collaborating on the development of taxonomic models of radionuclide transfer for marine and freshwater ecosystems. |
Collaborator Contribution | Staff time and datasets |
Impact | n/a |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | International collaborations on developing taxonomic models |
Organisation | International Commission on Radiological Protection |
Country | Canada |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Collaborating on the development of taxonomic models of radionuclide transfer for marine and freshwater ecosystems. |
Collaborator Contribution | Staff time and datasets |
Impact | n/a |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | International collaborations on developing taxonomic models |
Organisation | Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority (NRPA) |
Country | Norway |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Collaborating on the development of taxonomic models of radionuclide transfer for marine and freshwater ecosystems. |
Collaborator Contribution | Staff time and datasets |
Impact | n/a |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | McMasters University (Canada) |
Organisation | McMaster University |
Country | Canada |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Access to study materials |
Collaborator Contribution | Development of biomarkers for radiation exposure |
Impact | n/a |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Morphometric and growth analysis of Arabidopsis plants exposed to ionising radiation |
Organisation | Belgian Nuclear Research Centre |
Country | Belgium |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Two visits to SCK during which TREE PhD student helped to train researchers at SCK how to use LAMINA software |
Collaborator Contribution | Two visits to SCK, including one for a week, during which they training a TREE PhD student (Nicol Caplin) to model growth in MatLab and how to analyse for antioxidant activity in Arabidopsis using an array of enzyme assays. I then acted as external examiner for a doctoral candidate as a result of the contacts made. |
Impact | A publication in Frontiers in Plant Science |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine |
Organisation | National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU) |
Country | Ukraine |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | External supervision of a MSc students in Ukraine, working together to collect and analyse sediment and water samples from lakes within the Chernobyl exclusion zone, specifically the extraction and identification of Daphnia ephippia. Anticipated joint publications will arise from this. |
Collaborator Contribution | Through the provision of MSc students undertaking survey work across the lakes within the Chernobyl exclusion zone and specifically collection and analysis of sediment cores and water samples from lakes within the Chernobyl exclusion zone to determine their radionuclide content. |
Impact | Exchange of data and information on the lakes so far. The collaboration is extending into summer 2017 and potentially beyond. |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | State Agency of Ukraine for Exclusion Zone Management (SAUEZM) |
Organisation | State Agency of Ukraine for Exclusion Zone Management |
Country | Ukraine |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Development of educational resources to translate our Chernobyl science into a format that is accessible to school pupils and the public. SAUEZM is the Agency of the Ukrainian Government that is responsible for management of the Chernobyl legacy (including Chernobyl-contaminated land areas within Ukraine). Our educational resources are helping SAUEZM provide the public with a clearer understanding or radiation risk and the impacts of Chernobyl. The resources are also being used directly for education within Ukrainian schools. |
Collaborator Contribution | Organisation and hosting of engagement events, provision of translation support for resources development and during meetings/interviews. |
Impact | Engagement events for school pupils, school teachers, universities and industry |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | TREE |
Organisation | UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | We contribute to work packages with these collaborators on the TREE consortium. Collaborate at multiple levels - sharing expertise, joint planning, joint supervision and joint publishing. reciprocal lab visits. |
Collaborator Contribution | As above |
Impact | as in outputs |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | TREE |
Organisation | University of Nottingham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We contribute to work packages with these collaborators on the TREE consortium. Collaborate at multiple levels - sharing expertise, joint planning, joint supervision and joint publishing. reciprocal lab visits. |
Collaborator Contribution | As above |
Impact | as in outputs |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | TREE |
Organisation | University of Plymouth |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We contribute to work packages with these collaborators on the TREE consortium. Collaborate at multiple levels - sharing expertise, joint planning, joint supervision and joint publishing. reciprocal lab visits. |
Collaborator Contribution | As above |
Impact | as in outputs |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | TREE |
Organisation | University of Portsmouth |
Department | School of Earth & Environmental Sciences |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We contribute to work packages with these collaborators on the TREE consortium. Collaborate at multiple levels - sharing expertise, joint planning, joint supervision and joint publishing. reciprocal lab visits. |
Collaborator Contribution | As above |
Impact | as in outputs |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | TREE |
Organisation | University of Salford |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We contribute to work packages with these collaborators on the TREE consortium. Collaborate at multiple levels - sharing expertise, joint planning, joint supervision and joint publishing. reciprocal lab visits. |
Collaborator Contribution | As above |
Impact | as in outputs |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | TREE |
Organisation | University of Stirling |
Department | Biological and Environmental Sciences |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We contribute to work packages with these collaborators on the TREE consortium. Collaborate at multiple levels - sharing expertise, joint planning, joint supervision and joint publishing. reciprocal lab visits. |
Collaborator Contribution | As above |
Impact | as in outputs |
Start Year | 2013 |
Title | Revised parameter database for ERICA Tool using TREE data |
Description | Tool for assessing the risk of radiation to wildlife (used in regulatory assessments etc.) |
Type Of Technology | New/Improved Technique/Technology |
Year Produced | 2020 |
Impact | The ERICA Tool is the most commonly used model for the assessment of risk to wildlife from ionising radiation worldwide. The updated model (still to be released Feb. 2020) includes revised parameter in part based on data from the TREE project. |
Title | Virtual Chernobyl |
Description | This was part funder by a NERC 50th anniversary summer of science grant plus additional funding was secured from University of Salford to develop 'Virtual Chernobyl' as part of our public engagement activity around the WP3 work. Whilst in Chernobyl we captured 360 degree video which was then used in the development of an interactive virtual reality experience that allows audiences to explore Chernobyl and our WP3 science in a unique and engaging way. |
Type Of Technology | Physical Model/Kit |
Year Produced | 2015 |
Impact | 520 participants at July 15 event (most staying for over 30 minutes) and approximately 2000 visitors at the Manchester Science Festival in October 15. Virtual Chernobyl has also been showcased at NERC-CEH (Nov 15), the IAEA in Vienna (Nov 15) and at a capacity building event in Japan (Feb 16). Further events are planned, including an event at NERC Swindon in March 16 and an exhibition at the Museum of Science & Industry (April 16). The April 16 event is timed to coincide with the 30th Anniversary of the Chernobyl accident. |
Title | Virtual Chernobyl 2 |
Description | This is the new version of Virtual Chernobyl, which we have used for a few years to facilitate public engagement in our science. This updated version runs on Oculus Go, so is highly portable as a Virtual reality experience. It can also be viewed using a normal computer or tablet. We are working with various organisations, including the State Agency of Ukraine for Exclusion Zone Management, to enhance the uptake and impact of Virtual Chernobyl 2. For example, we are working with schools in Ukraine to identify the questions that our research findings can help to answer and then incorporation this into the Virtual Chernobyl 2 experience. |
Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Impact | Increased engagement with our research. Used to enthuse the Fukushima Prefecture administration to consider alternative, creative approaches to science communication related to radiation risk Benefits to education etc are in progress, but yet to be realised. |
Description | A Pint of Science - Portsmouth |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Talk at "Pint of Science" event. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Activity at Bristol Festival of nature |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | An activity based on 'Radioactivity and Life' in the UWE Bristol tent at the Bristol Festival of Nature - a 2 day event with attendance of several thousands. Model plants with parts that could be exchanged/mutated to demonstrate the role of radioactivity in mutation. A display of cop plants bred using radiation-induced mutagenesis. radioactive substancea and geiger counters to play with. Summary of research at Chernobyl on TREE project. Questionnaire to fill in about change of views. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Animal Planet TV |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Animal Planet TV programme item - 'Wild in the Danger Zone' , Adelaide Lerebours (Portsmouth University) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Article for Online Science publication |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | An article for a science publication 'ResearchFeatures'. Open access, aimed at scientifically interested audience including practitioners. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://researchfeatures.com/2017/11/30/chernobyl-disaster-zone/ |
Description | Article on the impact of Chernobyl on wildlife |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Article for "Project Syndicate" published in 13 newspapers and magazines worldwide including China Daily, The Korea Times, Times of Oman, Arab News. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2016-01/11/content_23251313.htm |
Description | BBC 1 Breakfast TV interview about Chernobyl |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | BBC TV interview discussing how our research is helping to inform decisions about the future management of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and surrounding areas. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://twitter.com/ProfMikeWood/status/1097520025001431040 |
Description | BBC Environment reporter |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | BBC Environment reporter -Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Camera Trap work as a picture story, Mike Woods |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-32452085 |
Description | BBC Interview Nov 2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview with BBC environment reporter (Mark Kinver) on TREE project and the exposure of wildlife to radioactivity, Mike Woods (University of Salford) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30197341 |
Description | BBC Interview to promote 3-day public engagement event at MOSI |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Interview to promote 3-day public engagement event at MOSI (BBC Radio Manchester) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | BBC Podcast |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | A 30 minute interview podcast in the BBC Science Focus magazine website |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://www.sciencefocus.com/article/science-focus-podcast-how-plants-can-survive-space-missions-and-... |
Description | BBC Radio 5 Live interview about Chernobyl research |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Radio interview discussing how our research is helping to inform decisions about the future management of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and surrounding areas. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://twitter.com/ProfMikeWood/status/1096848548694577153 |
Description | BBC documentary (Our World: In the shadow of Chernobyl) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | TREE research featured in a BBC documentary that was broadcast internationally and won the Association of Birtish Science Writers' 'Video Story of the Year' award in 2020 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0c44hq5 |
Description | Berlingske article |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Berlingske article by Marianne Fajstrup via Facebook about TREE research - animals. Very high click rate and Facebook interest, leading to a TV item. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://l.facebook.com/l/JAQFmIUqHAQFXMsuZREtb6DTWR8G-XjV9QOeG4f4uHApR7Q/www.b.dk/viden/se-de-fantast... |
Description | Berlingske article 1 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Berlingske article by Marianne Fajstrup via Facebook about TREE research - scientific paper from Current Biology. Very high click rate and Facebook interest, leading to a TV item. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://l.facebook.com/l/SAQEA1iI0AQHLLj0SStpPXSuXnXBMIk7bHRS4tJg_H11XZA/www.b.dk/viden/mennesker-er-... |
Description | Bumblebee Working Group at University of Sussex |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presenting and collating information related to conservation of bumblebees and research into environmental impacts on them. A number of questions and discussions arose from this work, established new network links to other researchers subsequently used in the project and increased interest in the work. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | CHERNOBYL: HAS THE AREA RECOVERED SINCE 1986's NUCLEAR DISASTER? |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Article written by TREE PIs N.A. Beresford & J.T. Smith for BBC Science Focus |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/chernobyl-has-the-area-recovered-since-1986s-nuclear-disaster/ |
Description | COGER 2016 (two talks) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Presentation to research students and academics along with some policy makers and industry participants. The presentations sparked questions and has led to further work |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | COGER 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The UK Co-ordinating group for environmental radioactivity (COGER). A three day meeting with academics, regulators and stakeholders, including activities about emergency preparedness. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | COGER 2019 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | COGER 2019 was the annual meeting on environmental radioactivity in the UK. Talks on the outcomes of the TREE work were presented. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | COGER Presentations |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Type Of Presentation | paper presentation |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | 2014 - Session at the conference to introduce the projects involved in the NERC RATE Programme. Six presentations were made describing TREE activities which stimulated much discussion. 2015 - Several oral presentations plus poster presentations made during the conference representing recent work on TREE. Presentations: Shaw, G. Izquierdo, M., Bailey, L., Crout, N., Sanders, H. and Young, S. Predicting 77Se, 99Tc and 129I dynamics in soils - short term results. H. Sanders. Interactions Between Anionic Radionuclides (129I, 79Se and 99Tc) and Geocolloids. Alex Ford. Assessing the bioavailability of radionuclides in contaminated soils using the Diffusive Gradients in Thin Films (DGT) technique. Neil Fuller. The Biological Effects of Ionising Radiation on Crustacean Species: Combining Lab and Field Studies. N.A. Beresford, M.D. Wood, S. Gashchak, E.A. Gulyaichenko, C.L. Barnett, A. Caravaggi. Use of wildlife camera traps within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Wider knowledge of TREE within relevant UK science community. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015 |
Description | Chair, COGER Meeting, University of Manchester - UK Coordinating Group for Environmental Radioactivity, April 11th - 13th, 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | COGER exists provides an interface between academia, regulators and the professional practitioners. The TREE project has enabled me to continue as an active Chair of the organisation - now in its 37th year. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Channel 4 News, July 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Channel 4 filming of the TREE Research in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone followed by Channel 4 news report, Mike Woods. Channel 4 News - piece (5 minutes) on wildlife in the CEZ aired Tuesday 14th July 2015 and available via catch-up for 7 days |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Chernobyl 30th Anniversary event at MSI |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | 3-day public engagement event at the Museum of Science and industry in Manchester to coincide with the Chernobyl anniversary. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Chernobyl bears |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Publication of footage of brown bears in CEZ. Nick Beresford (CEH) and Mike Woods (University of Salford). Numerous Chernobyl Bears stories and articles published on the web by different news media groups followed, plus various radio interviews. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30197341 |
Description | Chernobyl summer school |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | A Summer School was held in the Chernobyl exclusion zone for 20 PhD students in September 2015. This was so successful that options are being explored for further similar events. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Contribution to BBC Hindi article [tourism in Chernobyl] |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Quotes in a BBC on-line article re tourism in Chernobyl |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.bbc.com/hindi/international-42443784 |
Description | Coverage of research in NETFLIX "Our Planet" documentary |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Supported production of "Our Planet" documentary and our research finding was discussed by Sir David Attenborough in an episode of the documentary covering impact of Chernobyl on wildlife. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Danish News TV |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Online interest lead to a news item on Danish national television. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | https://l.facebook.com/l/eAQGc_d3_AQGYFRVocx4SS0ZCNQxAzKS9HapUPJRLkLdArw/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dr.dk%2Ft... |
Description | Development of VirtualChernobyl.com to support dissemination of Virtual Chernobyl internationally |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Virtual Chernobyl provides a VR-based mechanism for sharing TREE research. Specifically tailored for public engagement and educational use, Virtual Chernobyl is also being used by industry, regulators, radiation protection practitioners and community groups. VirtualChernobyl.com is a website that has been developed to facilitate the sharing of Virtual Chernobyl internationally. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | http://www.virtualchernobyl.com/ |
Description | Discussion of TREE in a Conversation article |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | The TREE project was discussed in a Conversation article which led to wide syndication in national newspapers, websites and regional newspapers. Led to direct media engagment |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://theconversation.com/chernobyl-has-become-a-refuge-for-wildlife-33-years-after-the-nuclear-ac... |
Description | Documentary for BBC4 - Inside Chernobyl's Mega Tomb |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | TREE WP3 work featured in a documentary made by Windfall films on the development of Chernobyl's 'New Safe Confinement'. Screened on BBC4 (21st Dec 16 and repeated on 22nd Dec 16) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08650s6 |
Description | Engagement with the Environment Agency on wildlife benchmarks |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Workshop discussing the appropriateness of the wildlife benchmarks being used by the Environment Agency (and SEPA/Natural Resources Wales) for radiological protection of the environment. Presentations given on the TREE findings. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | IAEA MODARIA STAR Workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | 2 presentations given relating to TREE WP2: Wood MD, Beresford NA, Copplestone D, Howard BJ, Yankovich TL. Terrestrial concentration ratio database: Analyses by wildlife groups and RAPs. N.A. Beresford, M.D. Wood, T. Yankovich, C.L. Barnett, N. Willey, B. Penrose. Wildlife Transfer Database - REML analyses |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | ICRP International Symposium and ICRP committee meetings |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Presentations given to the ICRP and to the international symposium on the international system of radiological protection building on the TREE work. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | ICRP TG99 meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Meeting of the formal task group of the International Commission on Radiological Protection - in this case KR attended to present findings on effects from the TREE project and this is feeding our results in to the review being conducted by ICRP on the effects of ionising radiation on wildlife. Other discussions also focused on the transfer of radionuclides to wildlife. All of which will appear in due course in ICRP publications. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | ICRP liaison meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Presentation given to the International Commission on Radiological Protection's liaison meeting with industry and other stakeholders on the missing gaps within radiological protection of the environment. This interaction allowed discussions between the ICRP, scientists and policy makers. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Interview (and supply of photographs) for Terra Darwin magazine |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Interview on Chernobyl wildlife [and supply of TREE photographs] |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Interview - Bloomberg Businessweek |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Interview - Chernobyl |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Interview - Radio ABC (Australia) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | Interview with Australian ABC Radio - wildlife at Chernobyl |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Interview BBC Radio Scotland |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview re Chernobyl associated with Chernobyl 30th anniversary |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Interview Carte Blance (South Africa) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Interview on Chernobyl wildlife |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Interview La Tercera (Chilean newspaper) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Interview for newspaper article - Chernobyl wildlife |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Interview Talk Radio |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview re Chernobyl exclusion zone |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Interview for ABC |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Interview for the Red Symons breakfast show on ABC (Australian Broadcasting Company), Mike Woods |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Interview for Animal Planet Documentary |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Inteview with Adelaide Lerebours (postdoc) for documentary broadcast on Animal Planet |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Interview for BBC Earth magazine article |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview/comments on article on the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. The article was summarised in Waitrose magazine [which has a larger readership c. 400,000 than BBC Earth] |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Interview for National Public Radio, U.S.A. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Interview on "Living on Earth" for U.S. National Public Radio. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=16-P13-00018&segmentID=4 |
Description | Interview for New Scientist magazine |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Interview for feature article in New Scientist |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Interview for Outdoor Photography |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview for article in Outdoor Photography re the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone ['Back from the Brink'] |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Interview with ABC Radio Australia |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Interview with ABC Radio Australia - Chernobyl wildlife paper published in Current Biology, Jim Smith |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Interview with BBC world service |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Interview with BBC World Service - Chernobyl wildlife paper published in Current Biology, Jim Smith |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Interview with CBC Radio Canada |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Interview with CBC Radio Canada - Chernobyl wildlife paper published in Current Biology, Jim Smith |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Interview with CNN |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Interview with CNN - Chernobyl wildlife paper published in Current Biology, Jim Smith |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2015/10/07/chernobyl-wildlife-growth-james-smith-intv.cnn |
Description | Interview with Sky News |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Interview with Sky News - Chernobyl wildlife paper published in Current Biology, Jim Smith |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://news.sky.com/gallery/1564241/wildlife-thriving-at-chernobyl |
Description | Interview with US national public radio |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Interview with US National Public Radio - Chernobyl wildlife paper published in Current Biology, Jim Beasley (US Co-author with Jim Smith) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Interviews for Der Spiegel, BBC Earth, Spektrum (Germany), Semana (Latin America), Korber-Stiftung (Germany), Publico (Portugal), FOCUS on 30th Anniversary of Chernobyl |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Media interviews on the 30th Anniversary of the Chernobyl accident. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Joint EPSRC Geowaste/ NERC RATE meeting Feb 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Opportunity for poster presentations form 9 PhD and PDRA TREE students |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | https://wiki.ceh.ac.uk/pages/viewpage.action?atl_token=ca5c02f95c88a14058fbad567bb8b4eb3e08f681&page... |
Description | Lo Rise Winter School Jan 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Introduction to environmental protection and TREE, with presentations by TREE members including practical demonstrations of using the ERICA tool. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | https://wiki.ceh.ac.uk/pages/viewpage.action?atl_token=ca5c02f95c88a14058fbad567bb8b4eb3e08f681&page... |
Description | Manchester Science Festival 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Display and demonstration at the Platform for Investigation (PI) event at the Museum Of Science and Industry as part of Manchester Science Festival (Funded through NERC Summer Science grant). Demonstration of Virtual Chernobyl Experience. 520 participants at July event (most staying for over 30 minutes). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Media interviews/press release |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Press release on paper and Science Media Centre media briefing which led to coverage by hundreds of media outlets worldwide including CNN, BBC, Sky News, US National Public Radio, Canadian National Radio, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Financial Times, Guardian, Independent, New Scientist, National Geographic, Washington Post, Le Figaro, El Pais, China Daily and many more. Audience reach greater than 100 million. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2015/10/07/chernobyl-wildlife-growth-james-smith-intv.cnn |
Description | Newsletter |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Regular six monthly newsletters to disseminate project information. Requests from others not involved directly with the project to be kept informed of its activities. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015,2016 |
URL | https://wiki.ceh.ac.uk/display/NRT/NERC+RATE+TREE+Home |
Description | Participation in IAEA working group advising Fukushima Prefecture |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | International Atomic Energy Agency expert group advising Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, on remediation and monitoring of the radioactively contaminated areas. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Presentation at COGER 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Presentation on TREE WP2 activities at 2016 COGER meeting |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Presentation of TREE results at Chernihiv (Ukraine) workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation of TREE WP2, 3 and 4 results during an international workshop held in the Ukraine discussing radiation effects on wildlife in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Will be 2-5 TREE related papers in a special issue of J. Environ. Radioact. as a consequence of involvement in the workshop. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.radioecology-exchange.org/content/workshops |
Description | Presentation on Spanish sampling site at international meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Presentation of results from the TREE WP2 site in Spain at the International Conference on Radioecological Processes (Seville 6-9 Nov 2016). Paper invited for a special issue of J. Environ. Radioactivity |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | https://congreso.us.es/radecolconp2016/ |
Description | RATE Final Impact Meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A dissemination of results to end users - the Environment Agency and Radioactive waste Management Ltd - in a workshop over three days to which a wide range of politicians (it was in westminster), industry, the media and anyone interested was invited. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.bgs.ac.uk/rate/finalScienceMeeting.html |
Description | Radiation protection workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Environmental radiation protection capacity building workshops, based around TREE research, for Japanese Government (Feb 2015; Feb 2016) and EC/IAEA (Sept 2015). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Radio Interview Talk Radio |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview on "The Unexplained", Talk Radio |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Radio Television Suisse interview 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Radio Television Suisse interview - TREE work in the CEZ. Mike Woods |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Re-screen of documentary on BBC4 - Inside Chernobyl's Mega Tomb |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Documentary featuring TREE WP3 work repeated on BBC4 on 14.01.17 and due to screen on PBS in the US during Spring 2017 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08650s6 |
Description | Science media centre press briefing |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | Science Media Centre press briefing/release for on-line publication of collaborative research with Belarussian colleagues, - Large Mammals in the CEZ - Current Biology Magazine, Jim Smith (Portsmouth University). Reported in most major UK national newspapers including FT, Guardian, Independent, Times and in English and foreign language media worldwide through Reuters and Associated Press. Large international media interest, including front page online items in The Independent, BBC Science and The Telegraph. Front page and top highlights story online with The Guardian. Front page and top recommended story online for the New Scientist. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28281-wildlife-is-thriving-around-chernobyl-since-the-people-... |
Description | Social media activities |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Posting of pictures on social media showing activities e.g. @Radioecology exchange #ChernobylDiaries. Used by students at summer school in Chernobyl, created Twitter following using the #ChernobylDiaries. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | https://twitter.com/radioecology |
Description | TREE Annual Meeting 2 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The second NERC, RWM, EA and STFC funded review of progress on research that has included radiological research utilising material from the Chernobyl vicinity was held on 23 & 24 November at CEH Wallingford |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | https://wiki.ceh.ac.uk/pages/viewpage.action?atl_token=ca5c02f95c88a14058fbad567bb8b4eb3e08f681&page... |
Description | TREE annual meeting 1 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The first NERC, RWM, EA and STFC funded review of progress on research that has included radiological research utilising material from the Chernobyl vicinity was held on 24 November at Manchester University. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | https://wiki.ceh.ac.uk/pages/viewpage.action?atl_token=ca5c02f95c88a14058fbad567bb8b4eb3e08f681&page... |
Description | TREE outreach event with potential endusers |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Outreach event to communicate TREE to potential end users - industry and regulators from UK and Europe |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | TREE outreach workshop for the Environment Agency |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Discussion of the TREE project with the Environment Agency who are one of the projects end users |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Two talks - December 2016 Seminar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Internal seminar given to academic staff, technical staff, postgraduate students and open to undergraduate students within the School of Natural Sciences. Approximately 70 people attended. The presentation sparked questions, discussion and debate over recent research findings and there have been continued interaction with colleagues within the School. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Wales TV Item 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | TV item on Good Evening Wales - Sight of bears in the wood in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Nick Beresford |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Website |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Open access Wiki based website set up to disseminate project information and outputs. With links to radioecology blogs and careers opportunities and the provision of educational material and resources. A number of media enquiries have been directed at the website with some content (photographs) being put on the site in discussions with media. Large public and media interest in photographs and live cameras. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014,2015 |
URL | https://wiki.ceh.ac.uk/display/NRT/NERC+RATE+TREE+Home |
Description | Workshop: TREE-ALLIANCE workshop on Radiation effects studies conducted in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Workshop bringing together researchers who have worked in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) over the last 5 years [also attended by NERC, EA and Radioactive Waste Management Ltd]. Agreement to prepare (i) statement paper; (ii) meta-database on CEZ studies |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://radioecology-exchange.org/content/workshops |