Biodosimetry in the 21^st Century

Training Meeting

HICARE in collaboration with the International Atomic Energy Agency

Hiroshima, Japan, June 10-14, 2013

Hiroshima International Council for Health Care of the Radiation-Exposed (HICARE) in collaboration with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) organised a Training Meeting “Biodosimetry in the 21^st century”, Hiroshima, Japan on 10-14 June 2013. The main objective was to develop the ability of biodosimetry laboratories to use mature and novel techniques in biological dosimetry for the estimation of radiation doses received by individuals and populations. This meeting was focused on Asia-Pacific region and connected to the on-going IAEA Coordinated Research Project (CRP) E3.50.08 “Strengthening of ‘Biological dosimetry’ in IAEA Member States: Improvement of current techniques and intensification of collaboration and networking among the different institutes”. During the meeting 18 lectures by HICARE and IAEA invited lecturers were delivered, 8 research reports by IAEA CRP E3.50.08 network centres from Asia-Pacific region were presented and 2 laboratory exercises were arranged in Hiroshima University and RERF. The meeting was attended by 28 participants (including 13 lecturers and 15 trainees) from China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The main outcome of the meeting was a review of state-of-the-art biodosimetry with Asia-Pacific region. Learning outcomes of the training meeting were: in-depth understanding of standard classic techniques in biodosimetry, application of currently accepted techniques for dose estimation, comparison of advantages and weaknesses of standard techniques and evaluation of novel protocols in terms of accuracy and timeliness.