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Belgian Nuclear Research Centre
seadatanet.maris2.nl/v_edmo/print.asp?n_code=3035
www.sckcen.be
Marine research within the Belgian Nuclear Research Center (SCK CEN) takes place in the Biosphere Impact Studies unit and focuses on marine radioecology, with significant contributions to modelling the effects of the Fukushima nuclear accident (but also e.g. assessment of the prospective Fukushima water discharges and dispersion and impact from releases from Sellafield). Marine radioecology has traditionally focussed on transfer and impact of radionuclides in marine biota. One of our staff (J. Vives i Batlle) is a member of the Belgian delegation of UNSCEAR team that has been performing the first international assessment of the impact of accidental discharges from the Fukushima accident to the marine environment. Vives i Battle participates in International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) biota dosimetry activities and collaborates with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) project MEREIA modelling the impact of radiation on populations of non-human biota in a Norwegian Fjord. SCK CEN also has a collaboration with the Centre for Environmental Radioactivity (CERAD) on modelling studies on the speciation of radionuclides and transfer to fish in Norwegian fjords. Main research interests therefore lie on measuring the transfer of radionuclides from the environment to living organisms and assessing the radiological effects, with several dozens of key publications on to this topic. In addition, the group LRM (low-level radioactivity measurements) can deal with radiometric analysis. LRM is a member of the ALMERA network of IAEA and contributes via the Belgian Agency of Nuclear Control (FANC) to the determination of radioactive substances in the North Sea in the framework of the OSPAR convention. The expert group NST (Nuclear Science and Technology Studies) can deal with the social aspects of marine research (e.g. following contamination of the marine environment).

Dutch name: Studiecentrum voor Kernenergie


Child institutes (2)
  • Belgian Nuclear Research Centre; Institute for Environment, Health and Safety (EHS), more
  • Belgian Nuclear Research Centre; Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB), more

Address:
Boeretang 200
2400 Mol
Belgium
Tel.: +32-(0)14-33 21 11
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Type: Scientific
    ( 21 peer reviewed ) split up filter
  • Peer reviewed article de With, G.; Vives i Batlle, J.; Bezhenar, R.; Maderich, V.; Pérez, F.F.; Tacu, A. (2023). Comparison of methods for the radiological impact assessment of aquatic releases to the waters in the low countries. J. Environ. Radioactivity 270: 107271. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2023.107271, more
  • Peer reviewed article Vives i Batlle, J. (2022). The potential impact of marine discharges from Fukushima 10 years after the accident. Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. 18(6): 1530-1538. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ieam.4592, more
  • Peer reviewed article Beerten, K.; Meylemans, E.; Kasse, C.; Mestdagh, T.; Van Rooij, D.; Bastiaens, J. (2021). Networks of unusually large fossil periglacial polygons, Campine area, northern Belgium. Geomorphology (Amst.) 377: 107582. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107582, more
  • Peer reviewed article Durce, D.; Salah, S.; Wang, L.; Maes, N. (2020). Complexation of Sn with Boom Clay natural organic matter under nuclear waste repository conditions. Appl. Geochem. 123: 104775. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2020.104775, more
  • Peer reviewed article Hoving, A.L.; Sander, M.; Frederickx, L.; Dugulan, A.I.; Bruggeman, C.; Behrends, T. (2020). What does mediated electrochemistry reveal about regional differences in the redox properties of Boom Clay? Appl. Geochem. 120: 104681. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2020.104681, more
  • Peer reviewed article Vandenberghe, N.; Wouters, L.; Scheltz, M.; Beerten, K.; Berwouts, I.; Vos, K.; Houthuys, R.; Deckers, J.; Louwye, S.; Laga, P.; Verhaegen, J.; Adriaens, R.; Dusar, M. (2020). The Kasterlee Formation and its relation with the Diest and Mol Formations in the Belgian Campine. Geol. Belg. 23(3-4): 265-287. https://hdl.handle.net/10.20341/gb.2020.014, more
  • Peer reviewed article Vanhoudt, N.; Vandenhove, H.; Leys, N.; Janssen, P. (2018). Potential of higher plants, algae, and cyanobacteria for remediation of radioactively contaminated waters. Chemosphere 207: 239-254. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.05.034, more
  • Peer reviewed article Vives i Batlle, J.; Aoyama, M.; Bradshaw, C.; Brown, J.; Buesseler, K.O.; Casacuberta, N.; Christl, M.; Duffa, C.; Impens, N.R.E.N.; Iosjpe, M.; Masque, P.; Nishikawa, J. (2018). Marine radioecology after the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear accident: Are we better positioned to understand the impact of radionuclides in marine ecosystems? Sci. Total Environ. 618: 80-92. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.005, more
  • Peer reviewed article Props, R.; Kerckhof, F.-M.; Rubbens, P.; De Vrieze, J.; Hernandez Sanabria, E.; Waegeman, W.; Monsieurs, P.; Hammes, F.; Boon, N. (2017). Absolute quantification of microbial taxon abundances. ISME J. 11(2): 584-587. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2016.117, more
  • Peer reviewed article Props, R.; Monsieurs, P.; Mysara, M.; Clement, L.; Boon, N. (2016). Measuring the biodiversity of microbial communities by flow cytometry. Methods Ecol. Evol. 7(11): 1376-1385. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.12607, more
  • Peer reviewed article Vives i Batlle, J. (2016). Dynamic modelling of radionuclide uptake by marine biota: application to the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident. J. Environ. Radioactivity 151(Part 2): 502-511. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2015.02.023, more
  • Peer reviewed article Vives i Batlle, J. (2016). Impact of the Fukushima accident on marine biota, five years later. Integr. Environ. Assess. Manag. 12(4): 654-658. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ieam.1825, more
  • Peer reviewed article Vives i Batlle, J.; Beresford, N.; Beaugelin-Seiller, K.; Bezhenar, R.; Brown, J.; Cheng, J.; Cujic, M.; Dragovic, S.; Duffa, C.; Fievet, B.; Hosseini, A.; Jung, K.; Kamboj, S.; Keum, D.; Kryshev, A.; LePoire, D.; Maderich, V.; Min, B.; Perianez, R.; Sazykina, T.; Suh, K.; Yu, C.; Wang, C.; Heling, R. (2016). Inter-comparison of dynamic models for radionuclide transfer to marine biota in a Fukushima accident scenario. J. Environ. Radioactivity 153: 31-50. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2015.12.006, more
  • Peer reviewed article Beresford, N.; Beaugelin-Seiller, K.; Burgos, J.; Cujic, M.; Fesenko, S.; Kryshev, A.; Pachal, N.; Real, A.; Su, B.; Tagami, K.; Vives i Batlle, J.; Vives-Lynch, S.; Wells, C.; Wood, M. (2015). Radionuclide biological half-life values for terrestrial and aquatic wildlife. J. Environ. Radioactivity 150: 270-276. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2015.08.018, more
  • Peer reviewed article Vives i Batlle, J.; Aono, T; Brown, E; Hosseini, A; Gamier-Laplace, J; Sazykina, T; Steenhuisen, F; Strand, P (2014). The impact of the Fukushima nuclear accident on marine biota: retrospective assessment of the first year and perspectives. Sci. Total Environ. 487: 143-153. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.03.137, more
  • Peer reviewed article Howard, B.J.; Beresford, N.A.; Copplestone, D.; Telleria, D.; Proehl, G.; Fesenko, S.; Jeffree, R.A.; Yankovich, T.L.; Brown, J.E.; Higley, K.; Johansen, M.P.; Mulye, H.; Vandenhove, H.; Gashchak, S.; Wood, M.D.; Takata, H.; Andersson, P.; Dale, P.; Ryan, J.; Bollhofer, A.; Doering, C.; Barnett, C.L.; Wells, C. (2013). The IAEA handbook on radionuclide transfer to wildlife. J. Environ. Radioactivity 121: 55-74. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.01.027, more
  • Peer reviewed article Rogiers, B.; Beerten, K.; Smeekens, T.; Mallants, D.; Gedeon, M.; Huysmans, M.; Batelaan, O.; Dassargues, A. (2013). Derivation of flow and transport parameters from outcropping sediments of the Neogene aquifer, Belgium. Geol. Belg. 16(3): 129-147, more
  • Peer reviewed article Tracy, B.; Carini, F.; Barabash, S.; Berkovskyy, V.; Brittain, J.; Chouhan, S.; Eleftheriou, G.; Iosjpe, M.; Monte, L.; Psaltaki, M.; Shen, J.; Tschiersch, J.; Turcanu, C. (2013). The sensitivity of different environments to radioactive contamination. J. Environ. Radioactivity 122: 1-8. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2013.02.015, more
  • Peer reviewed article Di Maria, S.; Ottolini, M.; Malambu Mbala, E.; Sarotto, M.; Castelliti, D. (2012). Neutronic characterization and decay heat calculations in the in-vessel fuel storage facilities for MYRRHA/FASTEF. Energy Convers. Mgmt. 64: 522-529. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2012.05.001, more
  • Peer reviewed article Liu, J.; Yang, J.-B.; Ruan, D.; Martinez, L.; Wang, J. (2008). Self-tuning of fuzzy belief rule bases for engineering system safety analysis. Annals of Operations Research 163(1): 143-168. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10479-008-0327-0, more
  • Peer reviewed article Van den haute, P.; Frechen, M.; Buylaert, J.-P.; Vandenberghe, D.; De Corte, F. (2003). The last interglacial palaeosol in the Belgian loess belt: TL age record. Quat. Sci. Rev. 22(10-13): 985-990. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0277-3791(03)00023-4, more
  • Devriese, L.I.; De Buyser, S.; Catarino, A.I.; Moulaert, I.; Dhondt, C.A.L.; Meneses, C.; Rondelez, J.; Nitschke, T.; Everaert, G.; Roelofsen, F.; Fierens, N.; van Welij, D.; Monballieu, J.; Decrop, B.; Koutrouveli, T.; Wang, L.; Breugem, A.; Stellamanse, G.; Amara, R.; Doyen, P.; Depoorter, M.; Maelfait, H. (2024). TREASURE – Living Lab Nieuwpoort. Blueprint and Roadmap. 2.0. Flanders Marine Institute: Ostend. 53 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.48470/91, more
  • Moudud, H. (2022). In situ methods for high resolution mapping of radioactive soil contamination. PhD Thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel: [s.l.]. XXIV, 202 pp., more
  • Beerten, K.; De Craen, M.; Leterme, B. (2014). Long-term evolution of the surface environment of the Campine area, northeastern Belgium: first assessment. Geol. Soc. Lond. Spec. publ. 400: 33-51. dx.doi.org/10.1144/SP400.23, more
  • Michaud L, Lo Giudice A, Mysara M, Monsieurs P, Raffa C, Leys N, Almafitano S, Van Houdt R (2019): Bacteria (16S ssu rRNA) in an Antarctic snow sample. v1.2. SCAR - Microbial Antarctic Resource System. Dataset/Metadata. https://ipt.biodiversity.aq/resource?r=bacteria_antarctic_snow&v=1.2, more