Kathryn A. Higley

TL;DR: The Chernobyl Forum Expert Group on Environmental Consequences of the Chernobyl Accident and their Remediation: Twenty Years of Experience RADIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT R E P O R T S S S E R I R I E S Enironm etal C onsuences of he C heobyl A ccdent nd teir R em edtion: Tw enty Yars of Exrience 9.9 mm 180 pages as discussed by the authors

TL;DR: Five years after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, it is appropriate to review what happened in terms of the sources, transport, and fate of these radionuclides in the ocean, and the potential health effects and societal impacts are considered.

TL;DR: An IAEA handbook presenting transfer parameter values for wildlife has recently been produced, and the use of CRwo-media values is a pragmatic approach to predicting radionuclide activity concentrations in wildlife and is similar to that used for screening assessments for the human food chain.

TL;DR: The full influence of the IAEA Handbook of parameter values for the prediction of radionuclide transfer to wildlife (in press) will develop as the need to demonstrate protection of the environment in its own right from ionising radiation becomes standard practice in line with recent international recommendations and safety standards.

TL;DR: The analysis of publicly available data indicates the dose rates to the most impacted fish species near the FDNPP have remained above benchmark levels for potential dose effects at least three years longer than was indicated by previous, data-limited evaluations.