Previous Seminars

NKS-R NOMAGE4

Nordic Nuclear Materials Forum for Generation IV Reactors

31st October - 1st November 2011, Halden, Norway

A seminar with a focus on material challenges for Generation IV nuclear energy systems was held at Halden, Norway, 31st October – 1st November 2011. Please see the seminar website http://nordic-gen4.org/?page_id=65 for program and presentations.

For more information on the event, please contact the coordinator of the activity, Anna-Maria Alvarez Holston anna-maria.alvarez@studsvik.se.

NKS-R DIGREL

Seminar on failure modes taxonomies for the reliability analysis of digital I&C systems

25th October 2011, Espoo, Finland

The seminar included presentations of the WGRisk (Working Group on Risk assessment) Task Group, DIGREL, which develops best practice guidelines on failure modes taxonomy for reliability assessment of DIC (digital instrumentation and control) systems for PSA. Results from the workshop organised in Washington DC in May 2011 was presented. The aim was to get feedback from the end users of the guidelines to support the work of the task group. The seminar was continued with a 3-day meeting of the task group members working with the guidelines documents.

Link to seminar proceedings.

NKS-B PIANOLIB

Phantom-based intercomparison among Nordic whole body counters

15-16 of September 2011, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

During 2010 and 2011 the Nordic Nuclear Safety Research has sponsored the NKS-B activity PIANOLIB with the aims of evaluating the quality status of whole body counting and setting up a library website for sharing calibration phantoms in the Nordic region.

The workshop will be bringing together the participants to review and discuss the results of a whole body counting intercomparison exercise. The PIANOLIB workshop will also feature presentations by invited speakers, Didier Franck (IRSN) and Rodolfo Cruz Suárez (IAEA).

Participants are welcome to bring oral presentations (10 – 15 min). Please state that you would like to give a presentation in the registration form.

The registration form for the workshop can be downloaded here.

Please send your registration form via email to Mats Isaksson, mats.isaksson@radfys.gu.se

Further information on the workshop can be found here or via the co-ordinator, Lilián del Risco Norrlid, lilian.delrisco.norrlid@ssm.se

NKS-B MareNuc

Nordic workshop for authorities, organisations and institutions relevant for assessing health and environmental consequences of accidents and incidents involving nuclear-propelled vessels and floating power reactors

25-26 of August 2011, Icelandic Coast Guard’s conference facilities, Keflavík Airport, Iceland

There is no well–defined system for classification of accidents associated with naval reactors in general as for civilian power plants. For civilian facilities of similar size, the reference accident used as a basis for further analysis varies between a Design Basis Accident describing complete and partial meltdown followed by water/ aluminium interaction and loss of mitigating systems. Considering the fact that neighbouring countries may soon embark upon construction of a new generation of naval reactors, there is a need to systemize the approach for assessing possible consequences of accidents in relation to these installations. Floating power reactors also involve new safety challenges that need to be discussed.

A first workshop was held in October 2010, from which results will be presented for further discussions and put into a larger context considering plans for further construction of new types of vessels, areas of operations, and types of facilities.

The programme for the second MareNuc workshop is available here.

To register for this workshop please contact Sigurður Emil Pálsson sep@gr.is

Accomodation

Participants at the seminar can get accomodation at a reduced rate at Icelandair Hotel Keflavik (single ISK 13.700, double ISK 16.700). Participants are requested to contact the hotel directly to confirm their booking using the reference Mare Nuc 2011. The rate is valid from Wednesday August 24th - Saturday August 27th. Please note that in most cases participants from abroad will not be able to catch a suitable flight until Saturday morning.

More information on the NKS-B MareNuc activity will be obtainable from https://www.gr.is/nks-b/marenuc/

For more information on the events and the initiative as a whole, please contact the coordinator of the activity: Ole Reistad (o.c.reistad@fys.uio.no)

Special offer for those who would like to attend the NSFS conference in Reykjavík, August 22nd-25th

Please note that the MareNuc seminar will be held directly following the NSFS conference in Reykjavík, August 22nd-25th. Those who register for the MareNuc seminar will be allowed to register for the NSFS conference at the lower advance registration rate. For more information on the registration and logistics, please contact the local co-ordinator: Sigurður Emil Pálsson (sep@gr.is)

For more information on the NSFS conference: http://www.yourhost.is/nsfs-2011/

NKS-B MareNuc

Workshop: Impact assessment of accidents with nuclear-propelled vessels

4th-5th of October 2010, Reykjavik

There is no well–defined system for classification of accidents associated with naval reactors in general as for civilian power plants. For civilian facilities of similar size, the reference accident used as a basis for further analysis varies between a Design Basis Accident describing complete and partial meltdown followed by water/ aluminium interaction and loss of mitigating systems. Considering the fact that neighbouring countries may soon embark upon construction of a new generation of naval reactors, there is a need to systemize the approach for assessing possible consequences of accidents in relation to these installations. Floating power reactors also involve new safety challenges that need to be discussed.

At the workshop in Reykjavík presentations were given on Russian icebreakers and other surface vessels; operational experiences and design of nuclear-propelled vessels; review of incidents and potential release scenarios; safety assessments concerning nuclear powered vessels made by the International Safety Research, Canada and the IAEA generic modeling tool. Representatives from the Nordic authorities also gave presentations on methods, procedures and systems (such as ARGOS) that have been used for assessing atmospheric dispersion and possible consequences related to nuclear powered vessels (STUK, NRPA, IRSA and DEMA).

The workshop was attended by 20 persons, including representatives from IAEA, NATO and the Nordic radiation protection authorities.

Contact person Ole Reistad (ole.reistad@nrpa.no)

NKS-B GammaSem

Nordic seminar for users of gamma spectrometry

28th-29th September 2010, Kjeller, Norway

Organised by the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE), Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Denmark; Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK), Icelandic Radiation Safety Authority, National Institute of Radiation Protection, Denmark, Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, Swedish Defence Research Agency, Malmö University Hospital, Sweden.

A Nordic seminar for users of gamma spectrometry took place in Norway 28-29 September 2010 with 65 participants. The seminar was the second seminar of this type and provided a forum for discussions and sharing of information on practical issues concerning gamma spectrometry. One of the aims of the seminars is to strengthen the Nordic collaboration through networking of scientists and gamma spectrometry users.

At GammaSem 2009 different key issues for follow-up were identified and working groups were established on various aspects of gamma spectrometry. The topics for the working groups formed the basis for the GammaSem 2010 agenda, where the groups presented results of their work and ideas/solutions to the different problems. The working group topics were

• Uncertainties and detection limits
• True coincidence summing corrections
• Monte Carlo simulations and efficiency transfer
• Absorption (density corrections and geometries)
• Mobile systems for gamma spectrometry
• Nuclear forensics (on special samples and special parts of the spectra)

In addition, Dr. Lars-Erik De Geer gave a presentation about the fundamentals of true coincidence summing correction and when/why it is important.

Contact person Elisabeth Strålberg (elisas@ife.no)

Pdfs of all the presentations made at this workshop can be downloaded here.

NKS-B DepEstimates

Seminar on radionuclide deposition estimates, results from work in the Nordic countries, possibilities and limitations

13-14 of September 2010, Risø, Denmark

The experience of the deposition from the Chernobyl accident and the atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons is fading into the past, most of the deposition monitoring programmes have stopped or been radically reduced, few are now actively conducting studies in this field. Deposition estimates continue, however, to be important, e.g. for emergency response planning. Estimation of background values is important for assessing potential additional deposition. When a suspected event occurs, there may be no background measurements available and even if they are, they may be too few to be representative for the place or region of concern.

In recent years databases with compilation of nuclear fallout data have become available. Studies on fallout and deposition have been made in some of the Nordic countries, e.g. using precipitation as a basis for deposition estimates. The NKS-B activity DepEstimates has followed up the some of this Nordic work.

At the DepEstimates seminar at Risø results from previous NKS activities (in particular NKS-B ECODOSES) were summarised and description of recent published studies in individual Nordic countries were given by Tone D. Bergan, Mats Isaksson and Jussi Paatero. Sigurður Emil Pálsson presented a study that was carried out within DepEstimates. The study involved a statistical evaluation of the US EML global fallout data set as well as the UK AERE (Harwell) and the Risø data sets. The results showed that in the Northern hemisphere much of the variability in the data can be explained by using only precipitation data along with a general function of time (common for all locations). This simple relationship between precipitation and deposition rates makes it feasible to reconstruct deposition time series, which can be important when time dependent radioecological models are being validated using old data. Such work has e.g. been done within NKS-B PardNor. The model makes it easy to derive approximative fallout maps for radionuclides with a similar behaviour as Sr-90 (such as Cs and Pu). Such maps are important when background estimates are needed. The do not replace sampling at individual spots, they complement sampling. The non-linear behaviour of the model can possibly help to understand depositon better, since the behaviour has the same form as has been suggested for the scavenging coefficient.

The DepEstimate activity is being concluded with a final report giving short summaries of the publications presented at the seminar as well as the study being concluded. At the seminar there was a consensus that study presented should be developed into a scientific paper and participants were invited to become co-authors by contributing to this work. The paper is to be submitted by spring 2011.

Contact person: Sigurður Emil Pálsson, sep@gr.is

NOMAGE4 GenIV seminar

A NOMAGE4 GenIV seminar was held in Laappenranta, Finland, from September 30th to October 1st 2010.

The objective of the NOMAGE4 project is to start and maintain a Nordic Nuclear Materials Forum for nuclear materials for Generation IV reactors (GenIV) within the Nordic countries.

Contact person: Sami Penttilä

NKS-R Decom-Sem

September 14th-16th, 2010

A seminar on the theme “Decommissioning of nuclear facilities” was arranged in Studsvik, Nyköping, Sweden. The seminar was sponsored by NKS and arranged by Studsvik Nuclear AB and SKB. Contact person is Anders Appelgren and more information can be found at http://www.studsvik.se/nksdecom2010.

Presentations from the seminar can be found here.

NKS-R DIGREL

September 14, 2010

A workshop was held in the NKS project DIGREL on "Guidelines for reliability analysis of digital systems in PSA context".

The aim with the workshop was to

• present results from the pre-project phase of the NKS project on "Guidelines for reliability analysis of digital systems in PSA context"

• plan the next phases of the project

The workshop was arranged September 14 2010 at VTT:s facilities in Espoo, Helsinki. Contact person  Jan-Erik Holmberg

Pdfs of all the presentations made at this workshop can be downloaded here.

NKS-B FOOD workshop - Nordic workshop for authorities, organisations and institutions responsible for late phase countermeasures and safe food production in nuclear emergencies

Losby Gods, Norway

14-15 April, 2010

The purpose of the workshop was to share national practice and experience on the use of different tools (handbooks, late phase models etc.) during a crisis with focus on operational implementation and use, interpretation and verification of results and production of decision basis. The main goal was to establish a common ground to better understand how these are used in the different countries, identify differences and exchange knowledge to increase competence. Second goal was to gather stakeholders and authorities with interest or responsibility for countermeasures against radioactive contamination of food products to share experience in different topics as:

• Cooperation among stakeholders and organisations responsible for food safety in each country
• Adaptation of the Euranos handbook "Countermeasures for the management of food production systems" to national conditions and implementation of the handbook in each country
• Establishing a Nordic network for food authorities and radiation protection authorities responsible for food safety with respect to radioactivity

There were 23 participants representing all the Nordic countries. Some of the speakers present were Klas Rosèn (SLU), Kasper Andersson (RISØ), representatives from the Nordic food authorities and Ministries, representatives from the radiation protection authorities and one speaker from the food industry.

Concluding remarks from the workshop:

Tight and continuous cooperation between decision support system developers, radiation protection authorities and food authorities are necessary to succeed in an emergency situation. Systems for involving of stakeholders and food producers in decision making are essential. A Nordic cooperation will also contribute to harmonisation of the countermeasure strategies in food production in emergency situations. The workshop agreed that a Nordic network of representatives from the food- and radiation protection authorities will make an application to NKS for a new project on implementation of the Euranos handbook "Countermeasures for the management of food production systems" in the next program period.

Pdfs of all the presentations made at this workshop can be downloaded here.

Contact person:

Inger Margrethe H. Eikelmann

Probabilistic Risk Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants

Wednesday January 13, 2010 (9.00 – 15.30)

Arlanda Conference Center (conference room "Boeing 737")­ Stockholm Arlanda Airport (Sky City)

The 4th and final project seminar within the NKS project "The Validity of Safety Goals" will be held in Stockholm on January 13, 2010. This project was initiated in 2006 with the aim to discuss and document current views on the definition, application and use of probabilistic safety criteria, including both benefits and problems. The seminar will give an overview of the work performed during all four project years, with a focus on presenting the activities during the final project year and on the presentation and discussion of the guidance document prepared, "Guidance for the Definition and Application of Probabilistic Safety Criteria".

Agenda:  programme_and_list_of_participants.doc (93 KB)

NKS-R activity NOMAGE seminar

15-16 October 2009 Horsvik Conference, Studsvik Nuclear, Nyköping, Sweden.

The objective of the activity is to initiate a Nordic Nuclear Materials Forum to spread the knowledge of nuclear materials for Generation IV reactors within the Nordic countries.

The Agenda:  agenda_genivmeeting_20090918.pdf (56.9 KB)

NKS-B RadWorkshop - Workshop on Radioanalytical Chemistry for Radioecology and Waste Management

Roskilde, Risø-DTU, Denmark

16-20 November 2009

This workshop was organised by the Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, DTU, Denmark; University of Helsinki, Finland; Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway; Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden; and Lund University, Sweden.

32 participants took part in this workshop; 8 from Denmark, 7 from Norway, 4 from Finland, 9 from Sweden and 3 from Lithuania and 1 from Ireland, with 15 invited speakers.

The objectives of this workshop were:

1) To provide the participants with an overview of the radiochemical analytical methods for the determination of various radionuclides (mainly beta and alpha emitting) relevant to environmental radioactivity and waste management

2) To provide an opportunity to the participants getting knowledge and practical (hands-on) experience of state-of-the-art measurement techniques used for the determination of different radionuclides by participating in practical training in the laboratory (experimental demonstration and analysis of real samples)

3) To provide a forum for knowledge exchange of radioanalysis of various radionuclides and discussion of present radiochemical procedures for the individual radionuclides.

The workshop included both invited lectures and presentations of the participants as well as laboratory training/practice in one of the following areas:

1) Radiochemcial separation of ⁹⁰Sr, ²¹⁰Po, ²²⁶Ra and γ- and α-spectrometry measurement

2) Radiochemcial separation of ⁹⁹Tc, Pu isotopes and ICP-MS measurement

3) Radiochemcial separation of ³H, ¹⁴C, ⁵⁵Fe, ⁶³Ni, and LSC measurement.

Topics for the lectures included:

1) General aspects in radiochemical analysis for radionuclide

2) Separation techniques for determination of radionculides

3) Radiochemical separation methods of various radionuclides including isotopes of Pu, U,  Th, and Ra, ²³⁷Np, ²⁴¹Am, ²¹⁰Po, ²¹⁰Pb, ⁹⁹Tc, ⁹⁰Sr, ¹³⁷Cs, ³H, ¹⁴C, ³⁶Cl, ⁴¹Ca ⁵⁵Fe, ⁶³Ni, and ¹²⁹I.

4) Sampling and pre-concentration techniques for environmental radioactivity analysis

5) Radiometric analytical techniques including γ- and α-spectrometry, beta counting with Ultra-low level background G-M counter, and Liquid Scintillation counting.

6) Mass spectrometric and other techniques for long-lived radionuclides including ICP-MS, AMS, RIMS, neutron activation analysis.

7) Automated and rapid analytical technique for radionuclides.

8) Techniques for speciation analysis of radionuclides

Pdfs of all the presentations made at this seminar can be downloaded here.

Organisers

Xiaolin Hou (xiho@risoe.dtu.dk)

Sven P. Nielsen (sven.nielsen@risoe.dk)

Jukka Letho (jukka.lehto@helsinki.fi)

Mats Jonsson (mats@kth.se)

Lindis Skipperud (lindis.skipperud@umb.no)

Ylva Ranebo (ylva.ranebo@med.lu.se)

NKS-B NordDSS workshop - Nordic workshop for users of Decision Support Systems (DSS)

Copenhagen, Denmark

1-2 October 2009

The aim of NordDSS workshop was to gather users of decision support systems (DSS) from the Nordic region, and jointly share information and knowledge on how these systems are used in the different emergency preparedness organisations. The workshop was organised by Norway (NRPA), Sweden (SSM), Finland (STUK) and Denmark (DEMA), and had 23 participants from 10 different countries.

The workshop was organised into three sessions. The first session was a Nordic session with presentations from the four organising countries followed by a plenary discussion. The second session was dedicated to international presentations on the use of DSS in Germany, Poland, Australia, Brazil and Canada. The last session looked at more in-depth use of DSS, and what can be expected from the systems in the future.

Pdfs of all the presentations made at this seminar can be downloaded here.

Contact persons:

Jan Erik Dyve, NRPA (Norway), jan.erik.dyve@nrpa.no, +47 67 16 26 48

Michael Ammann, STUK (Finland), michael.ammann@stuk.fi

Jonas Lindgren, SSM (Sweden), jonas.lindgren@ssm.se

Steen Hoe, DEMA (Denmark), hoe@beredskapsstyrelsen.dk

NKS-B NordDSS

Nordic workshop for users of Decision Support Systems (DSS)

1^st-2^nd of October 2009, Copenhagen, Denmark at the Admiral Hotel.

To register for this workshop please fill out this online form. You will receive a confirmation from the organisers. Contact one of the organisers if you are not able to use this form.

The registration deadline is Tuesday the 25^th of August.

ARGOS and RODOS are decision support systems (DSS) used by nuclear emergency management authorities in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland together with several other countries. Both DSS features models and functionality to analyze dispersions from nuclear reactors or other radiological sources, analyze and visualize measurements, model and analyze consequences of a fallout, and analyze countermeasures.

The purpose of the workshop is to share national practice and experience on the use of ARGOS and RODOS during a crisis with focus on operational implementation and use, interpretation and verification of results and production of decision basis. The aim is to establish a common ground to better understand how these DSS are used in the different countries, identify differences and exchange knowledge to increase competence. In the long term the outcome can be used to focus future development on improving the operational use of ARGOS and RODOS, and harmonize their results.

The target group for the workshop are experts who will use ARGOS and RODOS during an emergency and provide information to decision-makers. It includes experts working with decision support systems in general, decision makers, experts on specific models, researchers, developers and others.

Further information on the workshop can be found  here.

Organisers

Jan Erik Dyve, NRPA (Norway), jan.erik.dyve@nrpa.no, +47 67 16 26 48

Michael Ammann, STUK (Finland), michael.ammann@stuk.fi

Jonas Lindgren, SSM (Sweden), jonas.lindgren@ssm.se

Steen Hoe, DEMA (Denmark), hoe@beredskapsstyrelsen.dk

NKS-B GammaSem seminar - Nordic seminar for users of gamma spectrometry

Kjeller, Norway

16-17 September, 2009

Organised by the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE), Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Denmark; Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK), Icelandic Radiation Protection Institute, National Institute of Radiation Protection, Denmark

With 75 participants from 34 different institutes taking part, the GammaSem seminar provided a forum for discussions and sharing of information on practical issues concerning gamma spectrometry. The seminar covered topics based on the participants’ own experience in gamma spectrometry with an emphasis on common problems/challenges often encountered. The seminar was opened with a presentation by Dr. Gordon Gilmore entitled “Does our software tell us the truth (or should we burn the Black Box)?” aimed at encouraging users not to trust their spectrum analysis programs uncritically. At the conclusion of the seminar working groups were set up on the following topics:

Uncertainties and detections of limits

True summing coincidence

Monte Carlo simulations and efficiency transfer

Absorption (density corrections and geometries)

Mobile gamma spectrometry systems

Nuclear forensics (on special samples and special parts of the spectra)

Pdfs of all the presentations made at this seminar can be downloaded here.

The seminar webpage can be viewed here.

Contact persons:

Paula Nunez (paulan@ife.no)

Sven P. Nielsen (sven.nielsen@risoe.dk)

Sigurður Emil Pálsson (sep@gr.is)

Carsten Israelson (cis@sis.dk)

Seppo Klemola (seppo.klemola@stuk.fi) 

NKS-R and NKS-B Joint Summary Seminar

March 26th to 27th, 2009

NKS held a NKS-R and NKS-B Joint Summary Seminar at the Armémuseum in central Stockholm on March 26th to 27th, 2009. Over the course of the two days of the seminar around 40-50 participants heard presentations on the following NKS-R and NKS-B activities:

Pdfs of all the presentations made at this seminar can be downloaded here 

NKS-B NordThreat seminar - 30-31 October, 2008, Oslo/Asker, Norway 

This emergency preparedness seminar was organised by the Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Finland; the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority and the Icelandic Radiation Protection Institute to highlight similarities and differences between national threat assessments. Attended by over 40 participants, speakers included Jane L. Smith-Briggs (Nuvia), Kasper G. Andersson (Risø), Heiki Reponen (STUK), Anne Stenersen (FFI), Ole Reistad (NRPA) and Per Strand (NRPA), with subjects ranging from the Andreeva Bay, dirty bombs in urban areas, radionuclear terrorism, Russian NPPs and nuclear-powered submarines. In addition George M. Moore from IAEA presented the IAEA Illicit Trafficking Data Base.

Changes in the international security environment and new threats have lead to an increased attention towards the need to revise various threat assessments in the Nordic countries. The seminar presented interested new topics, summarized experiences from previous incidents and new threat assessment from some of the Nordic countries.

The seminar facilitated an exchange of information and opinions and provided a platform for the discussion of possible new networks, especially between researchers and the emergency preparedness communities. The seminar will be summarised in an NKS-B report by the end of 2008. 

Pdfs of all the presentations made at this seminar can be downloaded here.

NKS-B seminar on sampling and measurement 

2nd half of January 2008
Sampling is an often neglected part of radioecological assessments, yet it is usually the main source of uncertainty.  As more laboratories are seeking accreditation it becomes more important to address this issue formally and this has been done internationally, e.g. in the new ICRU-75.  The measurement strategies and techniques have also been evolving.
Invited speakers include Ethel M. Scott (Univ. of Glasgow) + more to be announced
Contact person: Sigurður Emil Pálsson, programme manager, NKS-B
e-mail:  sep@gr.is 

NKS-B status seminar 2007 

August 28-29, 2007 Statens strålevern, Oslo, Norway
The aim of this seminar is to provide a forum where not only results of ongoing and concluded work within NKS-B can be presented, but also suggestions for work that could be undertaken within the NKS-B programme. The programme manager of NKS-R will give a presentation of the programme and ongoing work there.
The timing of the seminar was chosen to be good with respect to preparing proposals for work to be supported in 2008 (see above).  The seminar is intended to be a forum where new proposals can be discussed and project groups formed.
It may be possible to refund travel expenses for participants giving presentations at the seminar; this needs however to be negotiated with the
Programme Manager beforehand.
Please indicate as soon as possible if you would be interested in participating in the seminar
Contact person: Sigurður Emil Pálsson, programme manager, NKS-B
e-mail:  sep@gr.is

YoungRad seminar
Seminar for students and young scientists
14-15 December 2006, Helsinki, Finland

The YoungRad seminar is an initiative of young Nordic students and scientists. The aim of the seminar is to create a dynamic contact forum for students and young scientists working in the fields of radiophysics, radiochemistry, radioecology, radiation protection and other related fields. Funding for arranging the seminar has been granted by the NKS.

Topics of the seminar will be the participants’ recent work and studies within the relevant fields. The subject of the presentation can be your own work or the research activities at your institute –anything that you will consider an important issue in your field of activity. The programme will include both oral and poster presentations. The language of oral presentations can be any Scandinavian language as well as English. All written material should be in English.

Contact person:

Project seminar: The Validity of Safety Goals
16 November 2006, Stockholm, Sweden

Presenting the outcome of the joint NPSAG and NKS project "The Validity of Safety Goals".
More information can be found here and here
Contact person: Michael.Knochenhauer@relcon.se

Mini seminar with presentation and discussion about evaluation report, NKS-145, Evaluation of NKS Research Activities during 2002 - 2005
November 9, 2006, SKI, Stockholm

Contact person: Torkel Bennerstedt
For details: see here  (partly in Nordic language)

NKS and the Nordic Perspective – Present Work and Future Plans 

NKS Status Seminar

May 10-11,  2006, Otnäs, Finland.  

On the seminar the results of the last four years of NKS work will be presented and discussed, and future plans outlined. Both the NKS-R program (reactor safety including decommissioning and radioactive waste) and NKS-B program (emergency preparedness and radioecology) ) are included. The seminar is open to anyone who wants to get an update on Nordic nuclear safety research, follow the evaluations of the achievements so far, and participate in developing future activities.

Among the participants will be NKS owners, other financiers, board members, end users, and persons directly involved in the various activities.

Young scientists in this field are especially encouraged to participate.

The seminar offers a creative forum for networking and dissemination of information as well as debate on the usefuleness of this form of Nordic cooperation; applicability of the results; and trends, needs and possibilities of future NKS work.

Language: Scandinavian (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish); possibly with some of the presentations and discussions in English.

Registration fee: DKK 900 (covers participation, two buffet lunches, conference dinner, and coffee/tea/refreshments). The seminar is sponsored by NKS.

Contact person: Torkel Bennerstedt
For details: see here

NKS-B Summary Seminar (with focus on radioecology and measurement techniques)
October 24 - 25, 2005, Estonia,
Results of NKS-B work 2002 - 2005 will be presented and summarised at the seminar. The main focus will be on radioecology and measurement techniques, results obtained, current status and future plans. This will include e.g. reports on work in the projects INDOFERN (New Indicator Organisms for Environmental Radioactivity) and Labinco (Intercomparison of Laboratory Analyses of Radionuclides in Environmental Samples).

Contact person: Sigurður Emil Pálsson 

For details: see https://www.gr.is/nks-b/seminar2005/

NKS-B Seminar on Theory of Sampling (TOS)
August 26, 2005, Risø Denmark
Organised by Lund University, Sweden; Risø National Laboratory, Denmark and Institute for Energy Technology, Norway
Contact person: Elis Holm, (registration should be made no later than 30 June)

For details: see  https://www.gr.is/nks-b/sampstrat/

NKS-B CommTech Mini-Seminar
May 31 - June 1, 2005, SSI, Stockholm, Sweden

A mini-seminar on communication (technology) for nuclear and radiological emergency preparedness

Work under CommTech will be reported

Contact person: Sigurður Emil Pálsson, Programme Manager, NKS-B 
For details: see  https://www.gr.is/nks-b/commtech/

NKS-B Mini-Seminar on Malicious Use of Radioactive Material 

May 24 - 25, 2005, Stockholm, Sweden

Work under EMERAD: Emergency Management & Radiation Monitoring in Nuclear and Radiological Accidents will be reported.

Contact person: Robert R. Finck, SSI. 

For details: see https://www.gr.is/nks-b/mal-use

Seminar on knowledge management in Nordic NPPS's 

Halden Norway. 7.-8.10.2004 Invitation.
Contact Person: Svein Nilsen, Institutt for Energiteknik

Mini-seminar on radioecology and measurement techniques 

8-9 September 2003 at Risø National Laboratory arranged in cooperation between NKS and NSFS.