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Tenth Symposium of the Croatian Radiation Protection Association with international participation

The Tenth Symposium of the Croatian Radiation Protection Association (CRPA) with international participation was held from 15 to 17 April 2015 in Šibenik, Croatia. The symposium was organized by the CRPA in collaboration with the Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health (IMROH), Ruđer Bošković Institute (RBI) and State Office for Radiological and Nuclear Safety (SORNS). The presidents of the Organizing and Scientific Committees were Tomislav Bituh and Branko Petrinec, respectively, from IMROH. At the Opening ceremony, the Mayor of the city of Šibenik invited all participants to a guided tour through the oldest Croatian city with a visit to the fortress of St. Michael and the cathedral of St. Jacob (cultural heritage under protection of UNESCO). The tour was a gift of the City of Šibenik to the 10th Symposium of CRPA. There were 93 participants in total: 73 from national scientific and research institutions, universities, health facilities, and private companies and 20 international participants from Bosnia and Hercegovina, Hungary, Slovenia, Serbia, Macedonia, and Qatar. They presented 65 papers: 28 poster and 37 oral presentations. All contributions were printed in the Proceedings edited by Branko Petrinec, Tomislav Bituh, Nevenka Kopjar, and Mirta Milić. The proceedings is available at the CRPA web page www.hdzz.hr. The papers, usually of 5 pages, were written either in Croatian or in English, and all had a one-page English abstract that will be reproduced in the International Nuclear Information System (INIS database available at www.iaea.org/inis/). The proceedings of previous symposia used to have ISBN numbers. This year the proceedings series of CRPA was upgraded and received the number ISSN 1849-5060 for serial publications, which represents an obligation for the Society to continue regular issuing of such a book of papers. The program was opened by two introductory lectures. Ines Krajcar Bronić, the president of CRPA, presented a review “Ten symposia of the Croatian Radiation Protection Association 1992 – 2015”. At each symposium there were lectures devoted to special occasions, such as 100 years of radiation, 50 years of radiation protection in the region (2013), accreditation and quality control issues, the World Year of Physics (2005) or the Fukushima nuclear accident (2011). The topical sections showed a broad range of interest of the radiation protection community in Croatia and also witnessed some changes in their priorities. Several topics have remained constantly present, such as radioecology, biological effects of radiation, radiation protection in medicine, public exposure, and dosimetry. In the second introductory lecture Dubravko Pevec (Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb) discussed “The potential of fission nuclear energy in resolving global climate change”. The scientific part of the symposium was divided into eight sections: General topics in radiation science and radiation protection ; Radiation dosimetry ; Biological effects of radiation ; Radiation protection of the public ; Radiation protection in medicine ; Radioecology ; Non-ionizing radiation and Instrumentation and measuring techniques. Traditionally, all participants have a chance to vote for up to three best posters. The award for the best poster was received by Katarina Marušić (with co-authors from RBI) for the presentation “Protection of cultural heritage objects by ionizing radiation”. The success of the symposium should also at least in part be attributed to our sponsors: ALARA uređaji, BISS, Jadransko osiguranje, LKB Vertriebs Ges.m.b.H., Medicem servis, Mettler Toledo, Podzemno skladište plina, Selmet, the Ivanić-Grad Fire Department, and VERN. LKB Vertriebs Ges.m.b.H. was also present at the technical exhibition with two participants: Dušan Djurdjević (Vienna) and Draško Petrović (Zagreb). The 10th Symposium of CRPA with international participation represented once again a unique opportunity to scientists and practitioners of various profiles to exchange knowledge and experience in this interdisciplinary field of radiation protection in a stimulating international environment.

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