EKO-1 summary

In the original project plan for the NKS/EKO-1 project it was stated that: The main aim of this project is to enable better and faster assessments to be made of the effects of releases of radionuclides to the marine environment, taking health and economic factors into account. The EKO-1 project work was planned as follows: 1. Model work - Identifying, estimating and validating parameters of main interest. 2. Research 2a) Field studies: 2a1) Environments typical for various Nordic regions. 2a2) Environments with special physical or chemical characteristics. 2b) Laboratory studies. 3. Dissemination of information - Seminars, reports, articles. In the project work emphasis was also put on other aspects viewed to be important for the aim of the project: Quality assurance; Use of internat technology for more efficient dissemination of information; Maintaining a link with the related work done within NKS/EKO-2.3 on freshwater ecosystems; Following what was being done internationally in a similar field and avoiding duplicate work; Supporting developments of plans for a Nordic course on radioecology. (EG)