ISTC collaborator for G-1294 project di ISTC G-1294 Investigation of pollution by radionuclides, toxic elements and creation of the radiation and hydrochemical monitoring system of the R. Kura basin in Georgia

Project Manager: Chkhartishvili A G; Leading Institution: Scientific-Research Center for Radiobiology and Radiation Ecology (Tbilisi, Georgia); Collaborators: Forschungszentrum Jülich / Department of Safety and Radiation Protection (Jülich, Germany), Sandia National Laboratories / Geosciences and Environment Center (Albuquerque, NM, USA), Universita degli Studi di Milano / Dipartamento di Fisica (Milan, Italy); Duration: 36 months; Funding parties: EU Large-scale radiation and man-caused catastrophes and frequent natural disasters unequivocally point at necessity for organization of ecological control system for preparedness for possible catastrophic situations in both global and local ranges, and for envisaging their far-fetched outcomes. Important stage of such investigations implies provision of reliable system of verification information on possible sources of pollution of a territory, and a level of radioactivity concentration and chemical pollutants, with maximal accessibility of the data for the users of various range and level of qualification. ISTC, International Science and Technology Center, is an intergovernmental organization