[HTML][HTML] A new version of the ERICA tool to facilitate impact assessments of radioactivity on wild plants and animals

JE Brown, B Alfonso, R Avila, NA Beresford… - Journal of environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
… For the terrestrial environment, a potential limitation exists with regards to an option to
assess impacts from certain radionuclides in gaseous forms. Currently, only 3 H, 14 C, 32 P and …

The ERICA tool

JE Brown, B Alfonso, R Avila, NA Beresford… - … of Environmental …, 2008 - Elsevier
… Examples can be given for the terrestrial environment for which the limiting organisms for
137 Cs, 239 Pu and 210 Po are mammal (deer), gastropod and lichen–bryophyte, respectively. …

Radiometric analysis and spatial distribution of radionuclides with-in the terrestrial environment of South-Western Nigeria using ERICA tool

KW Giwa, OD Osahon, FR Amodu, TI Tahiru… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
… were loaded into ERICA Tool (Version 1.2) to examine the radioactivity level of terrestrial
non-… The dose rates acquired with the use of the application of ERICA Tool indicates that higher …

Radioactivity measurements and dose rate calculations using ERICA tool in the terrestrial environment of Greece

M Sotiropoulou, H Florou, M Manolopoulou - Environmental Science and …, 2016 - Springer
… Additionally, the radiation weighting factors (wf) had to be defined, whereas in this study
the default values of ERICA Tool were applied (10 for α, 3 for β, and 1 for γ radiation) (ERICA

Derivation of transfer parameters for use within the ERICA Tool and the default concentration ratios for terrestrial biota

NA Beresford, CL Barnett, BJ Howard, WA Scott… - … of Environmental …, 2008 - Elsevier
terrestrial ecosystem concentration ratio database available within the ERICA Tool and
provides details of the provenance of each value for terrestrial reference organisms. As the …

Assessment of dose rate to terrestrial biota in the area around coal fired power plant applying ERICA tool and RESRAD BIOTA code

M Ćujić, S Dragović - Journal of environmental radioactivity, 2018 - Elsevier
environmental radiation risk assessment based on two software program approaches
ERICA Tool (version 1.2) and RESRAD BIOTA (version 1.5) to estimate dose rates to terrestrial

Radiological impact assessment in the terrestrial environment of Greece using innovative tools–Adaptation of ERICA Tool to actual measurements

M Sotiropoulou, H Florou… - HNPS Advances …, 2016 - eproceedings.epublishing.ekt.gr
In the present study, the radioactivity levels in terrestrial non-human biota and the transfer
pathways in the ecosystem are examined. Grass of Poaceae family and herbivore mammals (…

Radiological risk assessment: an overview of the ERICA Integrated Approach and the ERICA Tool use

I Prlić, A Mostečak, M Surić Mihić, Ž Veinović… - Arhiv za higijenu rada i …, 2017 - hrcak.srce.hr
ERICA Tool was used to assess the impacts on both marine (22) and terrestrial (23) environments
… for use within the ERICA Tool and the default concentration ratios for terrestrial biota. J …

Approaches to providing missing transfer parameter values in the ERICA Tool–how well do they work?

JE Brown, NA Beresford, A Hosseini - Journal of Environmental …, 2013 - Elsevier
… and three generic ecosystems (freshwater, marine and terrestrial). Even with these
simplifications, as the ERICA Tool incorporates radionuclides for 31 elements, a matrix consisting of …

Environmental radiological risk assessment of a coal ash and slag disposal site with the use of the ERICA Tool

B Skoko, D Babić, G Marović, S Papić - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
… This study used the ERICA Tool for a dose assessment to terrestrial wildlife on a CAS disposal
site with elevated activity concentrations of 238 U and 235 U decay chain radionuclides. …