[en] This report presents brief summaries of the research carried out at the Israel A.E.C. laboratories during the two years 1973 and 1974 in the following fields: theoretical physics and chemistry, neutron and reactor physics, solid state physics and metallurgy, laser-induced plasma research, nuclear physics and chemistry, radiation chemistry and applications of radiation and radioisotopes, physical and inorganic chemistry, analytical chemistry, health physics, environmental studies, instrumentation and techniques. (B.G.)

[en] The reasons of the radiation load by man-made environmental radioactivity, exposure to radiation during work, radiotherapy, nuclear medicine and research are stated. Moreover, Bavarian efforts in the fields of radioactivity control, radioactive waste disposal, final storage and state centers for collecting radioactive waste are described. The calculation of the radiation hazards show that nuclear power plants are the safest industrial facilities at all. (DG)

[en] The sources of radioactivity in our environment and the radiation exposure resulting from them are shown. Besides the exposure from nuclear weapons tests and nuclear facilities, also the exposure resulting from medicine, cosmic radiation, terrestrial radiation, glasses, glazings, minineral fertilizer, chemical plaster, and non-nuclear power plants is assessed. (orig./HP)

[en] 135 pages of contributions on various aspects of environment monitoring and -protection. Only the chapter on 'Radiation protection', 4 pp., is of INIS scope. (Quittner)

[en] The booklet is intended as a guide through the maze of publications and opinions. It will give a survey and an introduction to the exciting debate over our future, i.e. the debate on how the environmental crisis can be mastered. (orig.)

[en] Radioecology or the study of the relationship between living things and radioactive environments becomes important in order to understand and predict environmental impact and to safeguard populations from any hazard arising from radioactive discharge. Assessment of transfer coefficients, soil plant transfer factors, field experiments, transfer factors in the aquatic and marine ecosystem and modeling of environmental transfer are fully discussed. The future trends and needs of radioecology are given. (ELC)

[en] Environmental damage has reached catastrophic proportions, implying the death of hundreds of people or expenses of many hundreds of million dollars. The financial impact of this damage is however small at the level of the industrial sector concerned which could bear its costs. If States would take measures to redistribute such costs, they would avoid having to compensate victims of the gravest accidents. Special procedures were introduced for this purpose in certain industrial sectors. (NEA)

[en] The central theme of the workshop is recounted and the views of the authors are summarized. Areas of broad agreement or disagreement, unifying principles, and research needs are identified. Authors' views are consolidated into concepts that have practical utility for the scientist making impact assessments. The need for decision-makers and managers to be cognizant of the recommendations made herein is discussed. Finally, bringing together the diverse views of the workshop participants, a conceptual definition of biological significance is synthesized

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