Review article
https://doi.org/10.1515/aiht-2017-68-3020
Radiological risk assessment: an overview of the ERICA Integrated Approach and the ERICA Tool use
Ivica Prlić
; Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Ana Mostečak
; Faculty of Mining, Geology, and Petroleum Engineering, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Marija Surić Mihić
; Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Želimir Veinović
; Faculty of Mining, Geology, and Petroleum Engineering, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Luka Pavelić
; Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The ERICA project (Environmental Risk from Ionising Contaminants: Assessment and Management) was co-funded by the European Union as part of the 6th Framework Programme (FP EURATOM). The project was carried out between 2004 and 2007 as the collective work of 15 organisations in seven European countries. Two significant outputs of the project are the ERICA Integrated Approach and the ERICA Tool. The ERICA Integrated Approach consists of three elements: assessment, risk characterisation and management. The ERICA Tool is a practical implementation of the assessment component of the ERICA Integrated Approach and has a three-tier structure. The aim of this review paper is to give a concise overview of ERICA project outputs and their structure, updates done since their first release in 2007, as well as to provide a context for their practical application in environmental radiation protection and radiological risk assessments for various engineering scenarios.
Keywords
biota; environment; ionising radiation; radionuclides
Hrčak ID:
191138
URI
Publication date:
20.12.2017.
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