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Technical visits and satellite events
 Visit to Olkiluoto 3,
VLJ repository
and ONKALO
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Olkiluoto is situated 250 km from Helsinki. There are two nuclear power
plants in operation (Olkiluoto 1 and 2), and one new EPR (Olkiluoto 3),
a French-German-Finnish co-project, is under construction. There is also
a VLJ repository for low and intermediate radioactive waste. In
addition, an underground research facility, ONKALO, is being built to
confirm the suitability of the bedrock at Olkiluoto for final disposal
of spent nuclear fuel. Transport from Helsinki is arranged by bus on
Sunday afternoon, June 13 at 15:00, from the parking lot behind the Finlandia Hall. Evening and night is spent in Rauma, a small medieval
town nearby, which is worth a visit in its own right. The picturesque
wooden part, Old Rauma, is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
A guided tour in Old Rauma is included. On Monday morning we continue to
Olkiluoto. The visit includes presentations of Olkiluoto 3, VLJ
Repository and Onkalo in the Visitor Centre as well as a guided tour by
bus to the sites. Lunch and coffees are offered by TVO. We will be back
in Helsinki at about 19:30. The cost for this visit, including transport
and accommodation, is 130 €. The number of participants is limited.
Please note that the paid registration should be made by 15 April as
personal data and passport number must be provided in good time before
the visit. Identity will be checked on site.
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 Radon mitigation and prevention:
Visit to Tampere
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The city of Tampere is situated 170 km from Helsinki, in an area with
potentially very high indoor radon concentrations. We will visit sites
where methods and results of mitigation in existing buildings can be
demonstrated, as well as preventing indoor radon in construction of new
buildings. Radon well is a special approach used widely in the area.
We start by bus from Helsinki on Monday, June 14, at 9:00 from behind
the Finlandia Hall, and arrive in Tampere around 11. Lunch is
enjoyed on board an old fashioned steam ship, cruising on a beautiful
lake. Return to Helsinki is estimated at 18—19. The cost for the Tampere
visit including transport and lunch cruise is 60 €. The number of
participants is limited.
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 NOTE
Workshop
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DoReMi Forum
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“Non-targeted effects of ionising radiation” (NOTE) is an ongoing
European Integrated project (2006—2010). The main objective of NOTE is
to study non-targeted effects, in particular, bystander effects, genomic
instability and adaptive response and how they might contribute to
radiation risk assessment and radiation protection standards (for
details, please see www.note-ip.org).
NOTE will organise a satellite workshop “Relevance of non-targeted
effects for radiation protection” on Monday, June 14 at Finlandia Hall.
The workshop brings together NOTE project partners, members of
scientific and radiation protection communities, decision makers and
general public. The main aim of the stakeholder workshop is to inform on
project results and to consider what implications non-targeted effects
might have on the system of radiation protection.
Future research needs on non-targeted and systemic
effects will be discussed as part of DoReMi Forum. DoReMi is Network of
Excellence integrating European low dose risk research, funded by FP7
Euratom 2010—2015.
Prior registration (free for congress
participants) is required.
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Photos: TVO (Olkiluoto), Finnish Tourist Board's Image Bank (Tampere),
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