3 October 2011
Rue Joseph II, 99, 1000 Brussels (Room 00/53)
The objective of the meeting is to assess whether fish imported in the EU from the Pacific region could be contaminated with radioactive isotopes following the accident at Fukushima.
10.00 |
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Welcome and Introductions |
Stefaan Depypere (DG-MARE) |
10.20 |
MEASUREMENTS |
Radioactivity in the Pacific |
Pavel.Povinec (University of Bratislava) |
10.50 |
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Japanese sea area monitoring |
Masanao Nakano (Japan Atomic Energy Agency) |
11.10 |
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To Secure the Safety of Fishery Products |
Joji Morishita(Fisheries Agency of Japan, MAFF) |
11.35 |
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COFFEE |
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11.55 |
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Results of sampling of seafood imports |
Frans Verstraete (DG SANCO) |
12.05 |
ANALYSIS |
ocean circulation calculated by global high-resolution Mercator in the North Pacific Ocean; |
Corine Derval (Mercator Ocean) |
12.25 |
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Japanese simulations of radioactivity concentrations |
Masanao Nakano (Japan Atomic Energy Agency) |
12.45 |
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IRSN estimation of the source term and rate of seawater renewal, Hydrodynamic modelling of dispersion (calculations and matching with measurements), Sediment data presentation |
Bruno Fievet (IRSN) |
13.05 |
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LUNCH |
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14.10 |
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Modelling the Dispersion of Radioelements from the Fukushima Power Plant into the Sea |
Patrick Marsaleix, University of Toulouse |
14.30 |
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Assessing the propagation of Fukushima radionuclides in the marine food web and tuna stocks |
Patrick Lehodey, Inna Senina, Beatriz Calmettes and Philippe Gaspar (CLS)
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15.00 |
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COFFEE |
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15.15 |
ESTIMATE OF RISK |
Stephane Vrignaud (NOAA) |
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15.20 |
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Does the EU need to continue monitoring imports of marine products from the Pacific? |
Discussion. Participants to deliver recommendation |
16.00 |
WAY FORWARD |
Communication of measurements – formats and protocols |
Continuing collaboration after the meeting |
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Future measurements |
Are any measurements missing? |
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Future analysis |
What further analysis is planned? |
17.00 |
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Close |
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PARTICIPANTS
ABOUSAHL |
Said |
European Commission DG JRC |
BATES |
Richard |
European Commission DG MARE |
BETTI |
Maria |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
CHARMASSON |
Sabine |
Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN) |
DEPYPERE |
Stefaan |
European Commission DG MARE |
DERVAL |
Corinne |
Mercator |
FIEVET |
Bruno |
Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN) |
GASPAR |
Philippe |
CLS: Collecte Localisation Satellites |
JANSSENS |
Augustin |
European Commission DG ENER |
JEANJEAN |
Hervé |
European Commission DG ENTR |
KOMAI |
Wataru |
Japan mission to EU |
MARASALEIX |
Patrick |
University of Toulouse |
MELE |
Renato |
European Commission DG DEVCO |
MORISHITA |
Joji |
Japanese Fisheries Agency |
NAKANO |
Masanao |
Japan Atomic Energy Agency |
POVINEC |
Pavel |
University of Bratislava |
SEMBA |
Hideshi |
Japanese mission to EU |
SHEPHERD |
Iain |
European Commission DG MARE |
TOMINAGA |
Haruo |
Japanese Fisheries Agency |
ULSESa |
Caroline |
University of Toulouse |
VERSTRAETE |
Frans |
European Commission DG SANCO |
VRIGNAUD |
Stephane |
United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) |
YODA |
Gaku |
Japanese mission to EU |