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2 Low Dose Radiation Research Programs
2 Low Dose Radiation Research Programs
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2.1 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S (DOE'S) PAST LOW DOSE RADIATION PROGRAM, UNITED STATES The Energy and Water Appropriation Act of 1998 directed DOE to initiate a 10-year program to understand how radiation affects living organisms.
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That office was responsible for identifying research priorities, awarding contracts, organizing peer reviews, and monitoring work in progress. Funding for the Low Dose Radiation Research Program reached a high of $28 million and progressively dropped to about $13 million as priorities of the department shifted.
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funded by the Euratom FP7 radiation protection program served as an initial operational tool for establishing MELODI and setting up the structures for sustainable integration of research on low dose radiation risk in Europe. Subsequently, the Open Project for European Radiation Research Area (2013–2017)
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. Recognizing the impacts of social influences on radiation protection, a number of research institutes and universities in Europe developed a prospective strategic research agenda for supporting the coordination of research on social and ethical considerations relevant to radiation protection.
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The laboratories have the largest low dose radiation program in the country and contain a globally unique animal low dose irradiation facility that has been used to address mechanistic questions about the biological effects of low doses, including genetic, epigenetic, and immunological effects. This facility has also been made available to international collaborators.2 More recently, researchers at CNL have been exploring novel areas of research such as the dosimetry and health consequences of space radiation and the use of low dose radiation in cancer therapy and regenerative medicine (Wang et al., 2019)
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The NEA Committee on Radiological Protection and Public Health felt that the global nature of ongoing work merits consideration of some level of global coordination. To address the need for global coordination, OECD/NEA organized a scoping meeting in 2018, which brought together 35 participants from 13 countries, including the United States, to discuss priorities of low dose radiation research, available funding sources, and existing mechanisms for coordination and collaboration.
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He added that the strategic research agenda development process used by MELODI could be a starting point for global coordination of priorities in low dose radiation research.
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