1. Environmental sensitivity EMRAS II kickoff meeting WG leader: Bliss Tracy, Canada WG moderator: John Brittain, Norway

2. Participating Countries Canada Norway France Belgium Finland Germany Austria Others to be contacted

3. Environmental sensitivity WG Objective: Explore the concept of environmental sensitivity in rural and semi-natural environments in the framework of assessments after an emergency situation Main tasks: Formulate the concept of environmental sensitivity Compile a list of sensitivity factors Design scenarios Carry out modelling exercises

5. The concept of environmental sensitivity Literature review Draft concept document Radioecological sensitivity (journals): All FASSET: GER SENSIB: FRA PRIME: FRA,... STRATEGY / Handbook for food production systems: BEL, NOR IUR research: GER VAMP: NOR Canadian documents: CAN Other

6. List of sensitivity factors Literature review –TRS 364...: NOR –Published data: CAN, GER, NOR, all Group factors and link them to different environments –Agricultural: FRA, BEL (?) –Semi-natural Arctic, alpine: NOR, CAN, FIN

7. Exercises Scenarios End-points Models Countermeasures

8. Scenarios Artificial scenario –PWR, typical scenario Generate ground deposition data –Input from the Urban WG? –Variations with season, etc, for same deposition pattern Chernobyl –Measured ground deposition data

9. End-points of model calculations and countries generating scenarios Alpine (AUT, GER ?) –Milk Arctic (NOR, FIN ?) –Mushrooms –Fish –Reindeer Agricultural (FRA, NOR ?, CAN ?) –Plant products –Animal products Temperate forest (FIN ?) –Mushrooms –Berries

10. Potential models Agricultural: RODOS-FDMT or SCK model, ASTRAL- FRA; STRATEGY-NOR, CHERPAC-CAN Alpine: ECOSYS or RODOS-FDMT - GER, STRATEGY-NOR, Austrian model (?) Arctic: FIN (?), CAN, STRATEGY-NOR, MOIRA-NOR (and/or ITA, SWE); FRA-EdF?

11. TaskDeadline Review of the concept of environmental sensitivity Literature reviewJune 2009 Draft concept documentSeptember 2009 List of environmental sensitivity factors Initial listJune 2009 Final list2011 Scenarios DesignEnd 2009 Modelling exercises Model results completionEnd 2010 Analysis of model resultsJune 2011 Final report Preparation of final reportEnd 2011