Collaboration Network on EuroArctic Environmental Radiation Protection and Research (CEEPRA)

Updated 2016-05-02

The aim of the CEEPRA (Collaboration Network on EuroArctic Environmental Radiation Protection and Research) project is establishment of a cooperation network in the EuroArctic region, cross-border exchange of knowledge and skills, improvement of emergency preparedness capabilities and risk assessments in case of nuclear accidents in the region as well as raising awareness and knowledge in the general public and stakeholders with respect to the nature, common challenges and associated risks in the area of nuclear safety, emergency preparedness and radioactivity in the environment. The project will study the current state of radioactive contamination in terrestrial and marine ecosystems in the EuroArctic region by examining environmental samples collected from the Finnish Lapland, Finnmark and Troms in Norway, the Kola Peninsula and the Barents Sea. The results will provide updated information on the present levels, occurrence and fate of radioactive substances in the Arctic environments and food chains. Special attention will be given to collection and analyses of natural products widely used by population in Finland, Russia and Norway, such as berries, mushrooms, fish and reindeer meat. The region-specific risk assessments will be carried out through modelling and investigation of long-term effects of potential nuclear accidents in the EuroArctic region and possible impacts on the region’s indigenous population, terrestrial and marine environments, reindeer husbandry, the natural product sector, tourism and industries. Open seminars for general public and target groups will be arranged in Finland, Russia and Norway during the project implementation period to provide relevant information on radioactivity-related issues and the status in the region.

This is not a National Implementation Plan (NIP) project

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Status: Ongoing
Project time span: 2011 - 2014
Data collection: 2011 - 2013
Data processing: 2011 - 2014
Data reporting: 2011 - 2014

Contact information

Contact person: Anna Nalbandyan
Address: Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, Framsenteret, No-9296 Tromsø, Norway
Phone: +47 77750163
Email: on.aprn@naydnablan.anna
Other project contacts: Dina Solatie, Project Coordinator, Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Regional office in Lapland, 96400 Rovaniemi, Finland, e-mail: dina.solatie@stuk.fi

Parameters and Media

Parameter groups measured/observed/modelled

Radionuclides

Media sampled/studied/modelled

Fungi

Marine fish

Soil/Humus

Additional information or further specification of types of data / information collected, species / tissues / organs sampled, etc.

alpha-, beta-, gamma-radioactivity (Cs-137, Sr-90, Tc-99, Am-241, Po-210, Pb-210, Pu-239+240, Ra-226) measured in soil, water, vegetation, sediments, seaweed, fish, berries, mushrooms

Geography

Regions studied: Radioactivity TDC
Other areas: Finnish Lapland, Finnmark and Troms in Norway, Murmansk oblast in Russia, t

Data availability

Are data archived or planned to be archived at an AMAP Thematic Data Centre?: yes-all

Data centres: Radioactivity TDC

References to key publications (or planned publications) and data reports

Risto M, Vaaramaa K, Kasatkina N, Nalbandyan A, Paatero J, Reinikainen K & Solatie D (2011). CEEPRA - Collaboration Network on EuroArctic Environmental Radiation Protection and Research. Abstracts, International conference of the Nordic Society on Radiation Protection (NSFS), 22-25 August 2011, Reykjavik, Iceland, p. 95. Gwynn JP, Eikelmann IM, Møller B, Nalbandyan A, Nilssen J, Rudolfsen G (2012). Assessment of Environmental Radioactivity in Natural Food Products from Northern Norway. 13th International congress of the International Radiation Protection Association, Glasgow, Scotland (in press).

Samples/specimens archived in specimen banks?: No

Methods & Procedures

Procedures and methodology used for, e.g., sampling and sample storage, sample pretreatment, extraction and analysis, including which laboratories are involved, references to methods employed, etc.: alpha-, beta-, gamma-spectrometry, radiochemistry
QA/QC Information (what QA/QC procedures are implemented, laboratories involvment in QA/QC activities, model verification/validation routines, etc.): Intercomparison between partner countries laboratories is in the progress

Additional Information

Is this a bi- AND multi-lateral project (i.e. a project involving cooperation between different countries)?: Yes
Other institutes involved in the project: Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority Finland (STUK), the Murmansk Marine Biological Institute (MMBI) from Russia, the Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority (NRPA), the Finnish Meteorological Institute and Pöyry Finland Oy. The Norwegian Meteorological Institute will take part in the project as well. The project coordinator is STUK (Finland).
Is this project reporting to other organizations/programmes?: Kolarctic ENPI CBC co-funded project