Report on the 3rd Asian and Oceanic Congress on Radiation Protection

(AOCRP-3)

Cameron Jeffries

Tower Hall Funabori

Program highlights

• 487 participants (7 Australian), 31 countries

• 12 Themes– 64 oral presentations– 189 poster presentations

• 29 Special presentations– 9 refresher course– 8 luncheon seminars

• 14 Exhibitors

Oral Presentation Sessions

• Radon• Emergency

Preparedness and Response

• Radiation Measurement• Radiation Control and

management• Radioactive Waste

Management• NORM/TENORM• Dosimetry

• Standard, Criteria and Regulation

• Exposure to Medical Radiation

• Health Effects of Ionizing Radiation

• Environmental Radioactivity

• Radiological Protection as Part of the Global Nuclear Expansion

Special Sessions

• IRPA – Promoting excellence in radiation protection

• IAEA – Long term management of disused sealed sources

• WHO – Appropriate use of radiation in paediatric imaging

• ICRP – Current and future topics on ICRP activities

• Students Session – Academic activities and career plans

Refresher Courses

• History of dose constraints and limits

• UNSCEAR to provide scientific bases for radiation protection

• Definition of various radiological units and its future

• Radiological protection in health care

• Radiological protection for non-human species

• Concept of radioactive waste management

• Radiation safety (management and monitoring) around Nuclear facilities

• Prediction of the variation in risks from exposure to radon at home and at work

• Enhancing radiation protection culture in young generation and the general public

Luncheon Seminars

• NORM/TENORM management and its discussion points

• Radiation health effects of atomic bombs and accidents of nuclear power plants

• IAEA’s future activities in radiation, transport and waste safety

• Safety culture and the transfer to future generations• Development of PHITS and its application• Radioactive Waste Management and clearance

system adopted at real sites• “Rakugo” in English

OP-1 Radon

• Keynote – regulation of indoor radon in Italy and the EU

• ARPANSA radon facilities and activities• Korean and Himalayan surveys• Epidemiology of radon and lung cancer in China

– 10% of the 4 million non-coal miners exposed to >1000 Bq m-3

• Canadian Radon Program– Survey of 18,000 homes

OP-6 NORM/TENORM

• Keynote – status of radiological protection for NORM in China– 1433 of 11,000 enterprises meet the investigation

criteria• NORM/TENORM in Korea• Regulation in Korea, Japan and Australia• Saudi Aramco’s NORM management strategy

– International Association of Oil & Gas Producers NORM Guideline – www.ogp.org.uk

OP-9 Medical Radiation

• Medical Response to radiation accidents• Comparison of glandular dose between

screen film and digital mammography• Investigations of the effect RT planning

and fan beam thickness on sparing organs at risk

• Exposure survey for family and members of the public following I-125 brachytherapy for prostate cancer

WHO Special Session

• First cases of deterministic effects from diagnostic imaging– 151 CT sequences in 65 minutes

• Pediatric imaging – Image Gently – imagegently.com

• Global Referral Guidelines Project

Other Points of Note

• Calculation of Aviation Route Doses JISCARD– National Institute of Radiological Sciences,

Japan – www.nirs.go.jp/research/jiscard/index.shtml

• Portable Neutron Survey Meter– Fuji Electric Systems– 2 kg

• Calculation of Aviation Route Doses JISCARD– National Institute of Radiological Sciences,

Japan – www.nirs.go.jp/research/jiscard/index.shtml

• Portable Neutron Survey Meter– Fuji Electric Systems– 2 kg

Training

• Skills shortage an issue in the region• Training assistance offered by IAEA, IRPA,

ICRP and WHO• 1 year Masters Tokyo University

Regional Activities

• Radiation Protection Culture - IRPA• Regional Workshop on Radiation

Protection Culture - Korea, November 2010

• Implementation of ICRP103 and the revised BSS

• Support and development of RP societies in he Region – AOARP

• ARPS to host AOCRP-4 in 2014???

Social Program