- 6th International Conference on Radioecology and Environmental Radioactivity (ICRER)
Abstracts due: April 15, 2024
Meeting: Nov. 24-29, 2024 - MARC XIII - International Conference on Methods and Applications of Radioanalytical Chemistry
Scheduled: March 23-28, 2025, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii - 15th Tihany Symposium on Radiation Chemistry
Abstracts Due: April 14, 2024
Meeting: August 23-28, 2024, Eger, Hungary
ANNUAL - DOE Nuclear and Radiochemistry Summer Schools
Applications due: February 1 annually
Summer School: June-July annually
The Department of Energy has funded these long running summer schools. Currently stipends are $4,000 for these 6-week summer schools, and students can also earn college credits. West Coast students are at San Jose State University while East Coast are at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Other Conferences that Occur Periodically:
- Radiobioassay & Radiochemical Measurements Conference, US/Canada (Last meeting 2023)
- Miller Conference on Radiation Chemistry, European (Last meeting 2023)
- Tihany Symposium on Radiation Chemistry, Hungary (Next 2024, approx. every 4-5 years)
Articles from Oceanus Magazine
April 1, 2021
Fukushima: A decade of response
Oct. 20, 2020
Putting the 'nuclear coffin' in perspective
JUNE 5, 2017
Back to Bikini
FEBRUARY 1, 2017
Radioactivity Under the Beach?
MAY 9, 2013
Communication in the Fukushima Crisis
MAY 8, 2013
Radiation Health Risks
MAY 1, 2013
Radioisotopes in the Ocean
MAY 6, 2013
Seafood Safety and Policy
APRIL 25, 2013
Japan's Triple Disaster
MARCH 9, 2012
Lessons from the 2011 Japan Quake
MAY 3, 2013
Tale of the Tuna
WHOI News Releases
FEBRUARY 15, 2022
WHOI's Ken Buesseler named Geochemistry Fellow
DECEMBER 3, 2015
Higher Levels of Fukushima Cesium Detected Offshore
AUGUST 18, 2015
Examining the Fate of Fukushima Contaminants
NOVEMBER 10, 2014
Fukushima Radioactivity Detected Off West Coast
JANUARY 14, 2014
How Radioactive is Our Ocean?
JANUARY 28, 2014
Radioactive Ocean Website a Success
OCTOBER 25, 2012
Fishing for Answers off Fukushima
APRIL 2, 2012
Sampling the Pacific for Signs of Fukushima
MARCH 11, 2011
WHOI Experts Stress Lessons From Japan Earthquake
WHOI In the News
OCTOBER 8, 2017
WHOI Scientists Find New Source of Radioactive Fukushima Materials
CapeCod.com
OCTOBER 3, 2017
New source of radioactivity from Fukushima disaster found
Digital Journal
OCTOBER 3, 2017
Beaches found releasing radioactive cesium into ocean 60 miles from Fukushima
UPI (United Press International)
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Past Events
19th Radiochemical Conference (RadChem)
May 15-20, 2022 Mariánské Láznē, Czech Republic
International Conference on Methods and Applications of Radioanalytical Chemistry (MARC) XII
April 3-8, 2022 in Kailua-Kona HI, USA
Focusing on emerging developments in radioanalytical chemistry and radiochemistry.
Ocean Encounters: Radiation: In our ocean, our planet, and our lives
Aired Wednesday March 24th, 2021
We live on a radioactive planet. With the 10th anniversary of the accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Japan, we take a look at the radiation all around us—its natural sources, its human applications, and their impacts on us and our environment.
March 2021 Fukushima Dai-ichi and the Ocean: 10 Years of study and insight
Video of speakers available online! Experts who have studied the impacts and consequences of Fukushima Dai-ichi for the past decade what events have meant for the ocean and for society. A virtual poster session is also shown
Rad2018
June 18-22, 2018, Ohrid, Macedonia
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The 7th International Conference on Radioactivity in the Arctic & Other Vulnerable Environments
June 18-20, 2018, Oslo, Norway
South Pacific Environmental Radioactivity Association (SPERA) Conference 2018
November 6-9, 2018, Perth, Western Australia
Training Course on Marine Radioactivity at the 2017 Goldschmidt Conference
August 13, 2017 • Paris, France
Morss Colloquium: Fukushima and the Ocean
Thursday, May 9, 2013 • 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. • Redfield Auditorium
An examination of natural and human sources of radiation in the ocean, what was released from Fukushima and its impact on marine ecosystems and human health.
EGU 2013
European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2013
From Chernobyl to Fukushima: Development of the Geoscientists' Knowledgebase
April 9-10, 2013, Vienna, Austria
The Accidents at Fukushima Dai-Ichi
Science symposium and public colloquium
November 12-14, 2012, Tokyo, Japan