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11/01/2022
WNA Radiological Protection Working Group Annual Meeting
22/02/2022
Extraordinary Meeting of the Inter-Agency Committee on Radiation Safety (IACRS)
29/03/2022
NEA: 80th Meeting of the Committee on Radiological Protection and Public Health
23/03/2022
ONLINE launch of UNSCEAR Report: Biological mechanisms relevant for the inference of cancer risks from low-dose and low-dose-rate radiation
11/03/2022
UNSCEAR 2020/2021 Report, Annex B on Fukushima accident now available in English and Japanese
10/03/2022
Information on the developments in Ukraine
07/03/2022
NEA Webinar on Regulatory Implementation of the Equivalent Dose Limit for the Lens of the Eye for Occupational Exposure
07/03/2022
IAEA Technical Meeting on Radiation Protection in Fluoroscopically Guided Interventional Procedures
05/03/2022
2022 Fukushima Medical University International Symposium on the Fukushima Health Management Survey
02/03/2022
Sixth Meeting of the Steering Group on Developing Guidance on the Control of Radioactivity in Food and Drinking Water in Non-Emergency Situations
01/03/2022
UNSCEAR informal briefing to Permanent Missions
01/03/2022
UNSCEAR Informal Briefing to Permanent Missions in Vienna
11/04/2022
UNSCEAR USE OF RADIATION PROTECTION QUANTITIES AND UNITS
25/05/2022
Online Launch of UNSCEAR 2020/2021 REPORT, ANNEX A: EVALUATION OF MEDICAL EXPOSURE TO IONIZING RADIATION
18/05/2022
UNSCEAR 20th Lead Writers meeting (16-18 May) on the evaluation of public exposure concludes successfully In Vienna
13/05/2022
PRESS RELEASE - UNSCEAR concludes 69th Session
11/05/2022
UNSCEAR and IAEA sign memorandum of understanding for the first time in 65 years
10/05/2022
On 10 May 2022 Ms Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director visited VIC and met with UNEP/UNSCEAR Staff based in Vienna
09/05/2022
Tenth International Symposium on Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material
09/05/2022
69th session of UNSCEAR
04/05/2022
UNSCEAR 2020/2021 Report, Annex A on evaluation of medical exposure to ionizing radiation now available
01/05/2022
On 29 April 2022 the government of Japan announced the conferment of Decoration on Mr Malcolm Crick, Former Secretary of the UNSCEAR
27/06/2022
10th International Conference on High Level Environmental Radiation Areas
09/06/2022
UNSCEAR Secretary presents the latest UNSCEAR report on medical exposure to ionizing radiation at the 52nd RASSC meeting
07/06/2022
UNSCEAR and IAEA explore areas for cooperation on public exposure during the IAEA technical meeting on the database on discharges of radionuclides to the atmosphere and aquatic environment (DIRATA)
07/06/2022
The 69th Bureau led by the new chair Ms Jing Chen holds its first meeting
07/06/2022
52nd RASSC meeting
06/06/2022
UNSCEAR Secretary attends IACRS extraordinary meeting on 6 June 2022 in Vienna. More on iacrs-rp.org.
21/07/2022
UNSCEAR Public Meeting on Radiation Levels and Public Exposure
19/07/2022
PRESS RELEASE - Press Conference of the Chair of the 66th to 68th sessions Gillian Hirth and the Secretary Borislava Batandjieva-Metcalf of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR)
19/07/2022
Outreach events in Japan for the UNSCEAR 2020/2021 Report, annex B
17/07/2022
PRESS RELEASE - UNSCEAR team to present and discuss latest report on public exposure and health implications findings from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station accident on four-day mission to Japan, 19 -22 July, 2022
12/07/2022
PRESS RELEASE - Press Conference of the Chair of the 66th to 68th sessions Gillian Hirth and the Secretary Borislava Batandjieva-Metcalf of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR)
08/07/2022
Ahead of the forthcoming UNSCEAR outreach mission to Japan (19-22 July 2022), the secretariat of the Scientific Committee expresses sincere sadness of the tragic event and passing of the former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe today. Japan is a founding member of the Committee since 1955 and sincere condolences go to the Japanese delegation to the 69th UNSCEAR session, colleagues and Japanese people in this difficult moment.
28/09/2022
Advance Questions for the Webinar on Occupational Exposure
13/09/2022
CTBTO and UNSCEAR secretariat signed an agreement for collaboration in support of the ongoing UNSCEAR evaluation on public exposure to ionizing radiation
06/09/2022
PRESS RELEASE - UN Scientific Committee presents its findings to international conference on occupational radiation protection
06/09/2022
UNSCEAR 2020/2021 Report, Annex D on evaluation of occupational exposure to ionizing radiation now available
05/09/2022
WHO and the UNSCEAR secretariat sign framework of cooperation
05/09/2022
International Conference on Occupational Radiation Protection – Strengthening Radiation Protection of Workers – Twenty Years of Progress and the Way Forward
04/09/2022
ICRER - 5th International Conference on Radioecology & Environmental Radioactivity
25/10/2022
UNSCEAR expert meeting on Cancer Epidemiology project in Paris
24/10/2022
Today the world celebrates the UN Day, and the UNSCEAR secretariat is proud to serve the Scientific Committee and all UN Member States for a better and safe world for the current and future generations
23/10/2022
XII Regional Congress of Radiological and Nuclear Safety, and X IRPA Latin American Regional Congress
17/10/2022
PRESS RELEASE - Fourth Committee Completes Its Work on Decolonization with 16 More Texts, Reviews Work of Scientific Committee on Effects of Atomic Radiation
17/10/2022
77th UN General Assembly
17/10/2022
Presentation of the 69th Report of UNSCEAR to the Fourth Committee at the 77th UN General Assembly
10/10/2022
6th African Regional Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association (AFRIRPA06) “Embracing Radiation Protection Education and Safety culture”
03/10/2022
UNSCEAR Webinar on Occupational Exposure to Ionizing Radiation
29/11/2022
Euratom Article 31 Group of Experts Meeting in Luxembourg
28/11/2022
Informal briefing of the Permanent Missions and International Organizations in Vienna
23/11/2022
53rd RASSC meeting in Vienna
23/11/2022
Inter-Agency Committee on Radiation Safety (IACRS) Meeting
22/11/2022
Public exposure Subgroup 4/5 "Radiation sources from nuclear fuel cycle facilities" meeting in Vienna
21/11/2022
Second primary cancer project meeting in Vienna
17/11/2022
UNSCEAR presents the findings of its 2020/2021 REPORT, ANNEX D “EVALUATION OF OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO IONIZING RADIATION” during a webinar
07/11/2022
UNSCEAR at the ICRP 2021+1, 6th International Symposium on the System of Radiological Protection
21/12/2022
UNSCEAR and the Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) renewed their arrangement for cooperation on 21 December 2022
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