Seminar_FR-JP_Nov11,1999

Canadian Nuclear Society

Société Nucléaire Canadienne

480 University Ave., Suite 200, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1V2

Telephone: (416) 977-7620 Fax: (416) 977-8131

The Toronto Branch of the Canadian Nuclear Society announces a public seminar...

Speakers: Professor Maurice Tubiana, France, former Director, Institut Gustave Roussy, Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Academy of Medicine

Dr. Roland Masse, France, former President, Office de Protection contre les Rayonnements Ionisants

Professor Kiyohiko Sakamoto, Japan, Director, Tohoku Radiological Center Specialist in medical treatment with low doses of ionizing radiation

Title of Talk: Radiation Risk at Low and very Low Doses of Ionizing Radiation

Date and Time: Thursday, November 11, 1999

12:30 - 2:00 p.m.

Location: Tanz Neuroscience Building Room 6

6 Queen's Park Cres., West, University of Toronto

All welcome. Coffee and donuts will be provided.

ABSTRACT

Recent development in the knowledge of radiological risk at doses and dose rates comparable to the natural radiation background
Implications for radiological protection of the public and of workers
Recent development in the use of low doses of radiation in the treatment of cancer and other diseases
Regulatory implications
Research to be undertaken to reduce the uncertainty in radiological risk

Organised with the International Centre for Low Dose Radiation Research,

The Institute of the Environment and The University of Ottawa

For more information, please contact:

Adam McLean, University of Toronto,

Tel.: (416) 535-0616, e-mail: mclean@ecf.toronto.edu

Or

Teruo Takahashi, Marubeni Canada Corp.

Tel.: (416) 368-1171 ext. 232, e-mail: Takahashi-T@trt.marubeni-usa.com