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

• Published in: Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju Vol. 68; no. 4; pp. 298 - 307
• Main Authors: Prlić, Ivica, Mostečak, Ana, Mihić, Marija Surić, Veinović, Želimir, Pavelić, Luka
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Croatia De Gruyter Open 20.12.2017; Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health
• Subjects: biota; environment; ionising radiation; radionuclides; Risk assessment; Tool use; environment; ionising radiation; biota; radionuclides
• ISSN: 0004-1254; 1848-6312; 0004-1254
• DOI: 10.1515/aiht-2017-68-3020

The ERICA project (Environmental Risk from Ionising Contaminants: Assessment and Management) was co-funded by the European Union as part of the 6 Framework Programme (FP EURATOM). The project was carried out between 2004 and 2007 as the collective work of 15 organisations in seven European countries. Two significant outputs of the project are the ERICA Integrated Approach and the ERICA Tool. The ERICA Integrated Approach consists of three elements: assessment, risk characterisation and management. The ERICA Tool is a practical implementation of the assessment component of the ERICA Integrated Approach and has a three-tier structure. The aim of this review paper is to give a concise overview of ERICA project outputs and their structure, updates done since their first release in 2007, as well as to provide a context for their practical application in environmental radiation protection and radiological risk assessments for various engineering scenarios.