Radiation safety

Monitoring Radioactivity in the Environment: Regional Workshop on Characterization of Contaminated Areas Held in Hungary

Almost 40 participants from 21 countries in the Europe region[1] have enhanced their theoretical and practical knowledge of quality assurance as it relates to the measurement and monitoring of radioactivity in the environment at an IAEA workshop in Pécs, Hungary, which took place from 6 to 10 November.

The workshop is the final event in a series of workshops organized between 2016 and 2017 within the framework of an IAEA regional technical cooperation project[2]. The series was designed to enhance the theoretical and practical knowledge of participants from supported European countries in the environmental monitoring of both anthropogenic and natural radionuclides.

The technical cooperation project aims to further develop the capabilities in the region to conduct source and environmental monitoring and to improve quality assurance for the measurements and monitoring of radioactivity in the environment in accordance with ISO 17025. This will assure future metrological comparability of measurement results and the harmonization of approaches and procedures at the regional level.