The NSFS XVI conference was held in Reykjavik, Iceland on August 22 – 25, 2011.
Program and abstracts
Book of abstracts from the conference.
Individual contributions
Opening and Bo Lindell Lecture
S1-O1
Bo Lindell Lecture: Past, present, and future problems – are there any solutions?
Jack Valentin, former scientific secretary, ICRP
S1-O1_Valentin
Challenges in Radiation Protection
S2-O1
International Commission on Radiological Protection: Challenges and opportunities in the next 20 years
Christopher Clement, ICRP
S2-O1_Clement
S2-O2
Challenges in radiation safety from an international perspective
Renate Czarwinski, IAEA
S2-O2_Czarwinski
S3-O1
The changing world of radiological protection: Challenges and opportunities from an NEA perspective
Ted Lazo, NEA
S3-O1_Lazo
S3-O2
EPA’s role in U.S. radiation protection: past successes and Challenges Ahead
Mike Boyd, Environmental Protection Agency, USA
S3-O2_Boyd
S3-O3
Challenges and Opportunities for Radiation Protection – 2011
Kenneth R. Kase, IRPA
S3-O3_Kase
EU-BSS
S4-O1
Draft Revised EU BSS: Part I, Existing and Emergency Exposure Situations
Augustin Janssens, EU
S4-O1_Janssens
S4-O2
Draft Revised EU BSS: Part II, Planned Exposure Situations
Kaare Ulbak, SIS, Denmark
S4-O2_Ulbak
Nordic Nuclear Safety Research (NKS)
S5-O1
Overview of the NKS-R programme and summary of ongoing activities
Karoliina Ekström, Fortum Power and Heat, Finland
S5-O1_Ekstrom
S5-O2
An overview of the NKS-B Programme 2008-2011
Justin Gwynn, NRPA, Norway
S5-O2_Gwynn
S5-O3
International Gamma Spectrometric Assessment Exercises Using Simulated Spectra
Mark Dowdall, NRPA, Norway
S5-03_Dowdall
S5-O4
Evaluation of the Radiological Emergency Field Operative Exercise, RE-FOX, taking place in Sweden 2012 with Nordic countries invited – Suggestion for a NKS-project.
Robert Finck, SSM, Sweden
S5-O4_Finck
S5-O5
Radioecology and Radiation Emergency Preparedness in Iceland for 25 years – A Tribute to NKS
Sigurður E. Pálsson, IRSA, Iceland
S5-O5_Pálsson
Medical 1
S6-O1
European population dose from radiodiagnostic procedures – early results of Dose Datamed 2
Ritva Bly, STUK, Finland
S6-O1_Bly
S6-O2
Trends in examination frequency and population doses in Norway, 2002 – 2008.
Hilde M. Olerud, NRPA, Norway
S6-O2_Olerud
S6-O3
Frequency of medical x-ray examinations and Patient and Population Doses in Iceland in 2008
Guðlaugur Einarsson, IRSA, Iceland
S6-O3_Einarsson
S6-O4
Optimisation in diagnostic radiology – how EMAN can contribute to improvements
Anja Almén, SSM, Sweden
S6-O4_Almén
S6-O5
Administrative Inspection of Danish X-ray Clinics
Annika Bjerkborn, SIS, Denmark
S6-O5_Bjerkborn
S6-O6
Patient organ radiation doses during treatment for aneurismal subarachnoid haemorrhage
Michael Sandborg, Linköping University, Sweden
S6-O6_Sandborg
S6-O7
Radiation dose in cardiac CT measured with TLDs and compared with DLP
Heiðbjört Í. Friðriksdóttir, Akureyri Hospital, Iceland
S6-O7_Friðriksdóttir
Posters
S6-P1
Staff Doses in Interventional Cardiology
Hanne Waltenburg, SIS, Denmark
S6-P1_Waltenburg
S6-P2
Changes in collective dose a result of underlying variations in frequency and dose
Anders Frank, SSM, Sweden
S6-P2_Frank
S6-P3
Thermoluminescence dosimetry used as a postal quality audit in intraoral radiology
Anna Kelaranta, STUK, Finland
S6-P3_Kelaranta
S6-P4
What about veterinarians’ use of x-ray equipment? Results from a nation-wide survey on the use of diagnostic x-ray among veterinarians in Norway
Marie Solberg, NRPA, Norway
S6-P4_Solberg
S6-P6
Occupational dose of technical staff at radiotherapy simulation PET/CT studies
Francisco H. Cutanda, Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Spain
S6-P6_Cutanda
S6-P7
Advice to refrain from non-medical ultrasound examinations of the foetus
Catarina Danestig Sjögren, SSM, Sweden
S6-P7_Sjögren
S6-P8
DAP in Panoramic and Chepalometric examinations in Iceland
Daníel Y. Shimmyo, IRSA, Iceland
S6-P8_Shimmyo
Medical 2
S7-O1
Guidance on internal audits and self-‐assessments: support to external clinical audits
Hannu Järvinen, STUK, Finland
S7-O1_Järvinen
S7-O2
Dose Measurements on Dental Tomographs and CBCTs
Peter K. Frederiksen, SIS, Denmark
S7-O2_Frederiksen
S7-O3
Nordic survey on national management and requirements for use of dental Cone Beam CT
Eva G. Friberg, NRPA, Norway
S7-O3_Friberg
S7-O4
External effects of an out-‐patient PET/CT facility
Francisco H. Cutanda , Hospital Gregorio Marañón, Spain
S7-O4_Cutanda
S7-O5
Radiation doses 2001-2010 to staff working in a large PET and PET/CT department
Søren Holm, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Danmark
S7-O5_Holm
S7-O6
Implementation of Radiation Measurement Criteria and Limits for Guidelines for Small Radioactive Spills at Landspitali University Hospital
Valdís Guðmundsdóttir, Landspítali University Hospital, Iceland
S7-O6_Guðmundsdóttir
S7-O7
Interactive Web Services for Optimizing Nuclear Medicine
Carl Bladh-Johansson, SSM, Sweden
S7-O7_Bladh-Johansson
Emergency Preparedness 1
S8-O1
Action levels and guidelines for Swedish Armed Forces operations in radioactively contaminated environments
Jonas Boson, FOI, Sweden
S8-O1_Boson
S8-O2
Officer on Duty at the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority
Karin Fritioff, SSM, Sweden
S8-O2_Fritioff
S8-O3
Use of deliberative stakeholder involvement in preparation of radiological emergency operating procedures at a steel mill
Markku Koskelainen, STUK, Finland
S8-O7_Koskelainen
S8-O4
RadiaCopter – UAS Gamma Spectrometry for Detection and Identification of Radioactive Sources
Magnus Gårdestig, Linköping University, Sweden
S8-O4_Gårdestig
S8-O5
A real-time statistical alarm method for mobile gamma spectrometry: combining binomial counting with a goodness-of-fit
Peder Kock, Lund University, Sweden
S8-O5_Kock
S8-O6
NKS NordRisk II: Atlas of long-range atmospheric dispersion model calculations
Jens Havskov Sørensen, DMI, Danmark
S8-O6_Sørensen
Posters
S8-P1
RadiaDroid -Simulated Radiation Detection in Smartphones
Magnus Gårdestig, Linköping University, Sweden
S8-P1_Gårdestig
S8-P2
Challenges in the case of an incident during transport of spent nuclear fuel along the Norwegian cost
Karl Eliassen, NRPA, Norway
S8-P2_Eliassen
S8-P3
The European platform on preparedness for nuclear and radiological emergency response and recovery (NERIS Platform)
Raimo Mustonen, STUK, Finland
S8-P3_Mustonen
S8-P4
Georeferenced data sharing during radiological accidents
Tuomas Peltonen, STUK, Finland
S8-P4_Peltonen
S8-P5
Alpha- and beta contamination of surfaces. Which levels of contamination are possible to detect with manual search?
Angelica Hedman, FOI, Sweden
S8-P5_Hedman
S8-P6
Source preparation of Actinides and Polonium using coins
Elis Holm, NRPA, Norway
S8-P6_Holm
S8-P7
Using the LaBr3:Ce scintillation detector for mobile γ-spectrometry
Jonas Nilson, Lund University, Sweden
S8-P7_Nilson
S8-P8
A comparison between multiple car-borne gamma-ray measurements performed during two separate missions at the same route
Kenneth Lidström, FOI, Sweden
S8-P8_Lindström
Emergency Preparedness 2
S9-O1
Outlines of a content management system for emergency preparedness and response
Michael Ammann, STUK, Finland
S9-O1_Ammann
S9-O2
The Danish CBRN Institute -joint civil-military terror preparedness
Carsten Israelson, CBRN, Denmark
S9-O3
Local-national forum for emergency and recovery strategies
Inger M. Eikelmann, NRPA, Norway
S9-O3_Eikelmann
S9-O4
Swedish Armed Forces deployable R/N-laboratory
Michael Granström, Armed Forces, Sweden
S9-O4_Granström
S9-O5
Dimensioning of Norwegian nuclear and radiological emergency preparedness and crisis management
Øyvind G. Selnæs, NRPA, Norway
S9-O5_Selnæs
S9-O6
SecurEau -Security and decontamination of drinking water distribution systems following a deliberate contamination
Tuukka Turtiainen, STUK, Finland
S9-O6_Turtiainen
S9-O7
Aspects of dispersion of airborne radioactivity in a city centre
Erik Johansson, FOI, Sweden
Dosimetry and Industrial Radiation Protection
S10-O1
UV radiation induced processes in AlN and its potential application for solid state dosimetry
Laima Trinkler, University of Latvia
S10-O1_Trinkler
S10-O2
Dose assessment after an historic intake of uranium
Tore Ramsøy, IFE, Norway
S10-O2_Ramsøy
S10-O3
OSL on tooth enamel – a Potential Emergency Radiation Dose Assessment Tool
Terese Geber, Lund University, Sweden
S10-O3_Geber
S10-O4
Uranium in urine and hair of occupationally unexposed Finnish people
Maarit Muikku, STUK, Finland
S10-O4_Muikku
S10-O5
Licensing of complex facilities other than nuclear power plants
Carl-Göran Stålnacke, SSM, Sweden
S10-O5_Stålnacke
S10-O6
Radiation Safety Assessment of industry licensees
Camilla Bysell, SSM, Sweden
S10-O6_Bysell
S10-O7
Radiation accident at a Swedish mining company
Peter Frisk, SSM, Sweden
S10_O7_Frisk
Posters
S10-P1
Gafchromic film as a fast visual indicator of radiation exposure of first responders at a radiological or nuclear accident
Ünal Ören, Lund University, Sweden
S10-P1_Ören
S10-P2
Whole-body counters for measurement of internal contamination in Finland
Jussi Huikar, STUK, Finland
S10-P2_Huikar
S10-P3
Uptake and retention of per os administered cobalt in human subjects
Ylva Ranebo, Lund University, Sweden
S10-P3_Ranebo
S10-P4
A study on PTW 10000, 1000 and 28 cc spherical ioniation chambers
Silvia Vargas Castrillón, CIEMAT, Spain
Concepts and Policy
S11-O1
New perspectives for radiation protection concepts in the frame of sustainability
Gilbert Eggermont, VUB University, Belgium
S11-O1_Eggermont
S11-O2
Is guidance in ICRP publications consistent on the application of reference levels?
Per Hedeman-Jensen, Danish Decommissioning, Denmark
S11-O2_Hedeman-Jensen
S11-O3
Teaching laymen an in depth understanding of ionising radiation
Christer Samuelsson, Lund University, Sweden
S11-O3_Samuelsson
S11-O4
Current problems of quantities in radiation protection and their possible solutions
Jozef Sabol, Czech Technical University, Czech Republic
S11-O4_Sabol
S11-O5
How the use of the concept “Dose Constraint” may help to lower annual individual doses
Virva Nilsson, Forsmark Kraftgupp AB, Sweden
S11-O5_Nilsson
S11-O6
Radiation Safety Assessment of licensees using with Open Sources
Helene Jönsson, SSM, Sweden
S11-O6_Jönsson
S11-P1
Ethical guidance, stakeholder involvement and radiation protection culture in the Belgian Society for Radiation Protection
Gilbert Eggemont, Belgian Society for Radiation Protection
S11-P1_Eggermont
S11-P2
CEEPRA – Collaboration Network on EuroArctic Environmental Radiation Protection and Research
Maarit Risto, STUK, Finland
S11-P2_Risto
Natural Radioactivity and Radioecology
S12-O1
NORM and other radioactive sources found in scrap metal yards in Sweden
Ann-Louis Söderman, SSM, Sweden
S12-O2_Söderman
S12-O2
Developing an Survey of the impact of enhanced natural radioactivity on human and natural environment
Rajdeep Sidhu, IFE, Norway
S12-O2_Sidhu
S12-O3
Radon in Finnish mines 1972-2010
Siiri-Maria Aallos-Ståhl, STUK, Finland
S12-O3_Aallos-Ståhl
S12-O4
Radon prevention in new construction in Finland
Hannu Arvela, STUK, Finland
S12-O4_Arvela
S12-O5
Effectiveness of anti-radon measures in Norwegian homes, seven years after mitigation
Ingvild E. Finne, NRPA, Norway
S12-O5_Finne
S12-O6
Radon control in European countries - a RADPAR questionnaire study
Olli Holmgren, STUK Finland
S12-O6_Holmgren
S12-O7
Comparison of two 222Rn exhalation rate measurement methods by study of Hungarian adobe building materials
Zsuzsanna Szabó, Eötvös Univeristy, Hungary
S12-O7_Szabo
S12-O8
Nordic re-parameterisation of the ECOSYS ingestion model
Kasper Andersson, Risø, Denmark
S12-O8_Andersson
S12-P1
Assessment of the clearance options for NORM-waste
Merle Lust, University of Tartu, Estonia
S12-P1_Lust
S12-P2
Radon measurements in Finnish workplaces during measurement seasons 2005-2010
Heikki Reisbacka, STUK, Finland
S12-P2_Reisbacka
S12-P3
Radiocesium in moose in Finland
Eila Kostiainen, STUK, Finland
S12-P3_Kostiainen
S12-P4
Assessment of doses to biota in the Baltic Sea
Iisa Outola, STUK, Finland
S12-P4_Outola
S12-P5
External radiation doses to important organs in biota: Monte Carlo dose model calculations
Mattias Karlsson, Linköping University, Sweden
S12-P5_Karlsson
S12-P6
STAR-Strategic Network for Intergrating Radioecology
Maarit Muikku, STUK, Finland
S12-P6_Muikku
S12-P7
Migration and plant uptake of 137Cs in six pasture soils after the Chernobyl accident 1987-2007
Klas Rosén, SLU, Sweden
S12-P7_Rosen
S12-P8
Radiocaesium in fungi in Pasvik, Norway
Johannes Nilssen, NRPA, Norway
S12-P8_Nilssen
S12-P9
The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority’s regulations on exemption and clearance of NORM waste
Ann-Louis Söderman, SSM, Sweden
S12-P9_Söderman
Nuclear industry and technology
S13-O1
Developing an Information Barrier for verification in nuclear disarmament processes
Tore Ramsøy, IFE, Norway
S13-O1_Ramsøy
S13-O2
UK-Norway Initiative: Research into Managed Access of Inspectors During Warhead Dismantlement Verification
Steinar Backe, IFE, Norway
S13-O2_Backe
S13-O3
Iodine and cesium release fractions in a Loss-of-Coolant Accident
Knut K.R. Eitrheim, IFE, Norway
S13-O3_Eitrheim
S13-O4
A review of a 14C model for dose assessment of releases from normal operation of nuclear facilities
Charlotte Lager, SSM, Sweden
S13-O4_Lager
S13-O5
Clearance measurements of embedded pipes
Thommy I. Larsen, Danish Decommissioning, Denmark
S13-O5_Larsen
S13-O6
Industrial Radiography at Nuclear Power Plants
Birgitta Ekström, SSM, Sweden
S13-O6_Ekström
S13-O7
A Nordic approach to impact assessment of accidents with marine reactors
Ole Reistad, IFE, Norway
S13-O7_Reistad
S13-P1
Preparing a WANO Peer Review within Radiological Protection at Forsmark NPP
Virva Nilsson, Forsmarks Kraftgrupp AB, Sweden
S13-P1_Nilsson
Nuclear industry and policy
S14-O1
Regulatory Approach to Radiation Protection in New NPPs
Veli Riihiluoma, STUK, Finland
S14-O1_Riihiluoma
S14-O2
Establishing one set of scaling factors from a series of measured activity concentrations
Jens Søgaard-‐Hansen, Danish Decommissioning, Denmark
S14-O2_Søgaard‐Hansen
S14-O3
Reducing the discharges from Studsvik to the Baltic Sea
Ann-Christin Haegg, SSM, Sweden
S14-O3_Haegg
S14-O4
Qualified Experts for Radioactive Waste Management – the UK approach
Chris Englefield, Environment Agency, UK
S14-O4_Englefield
