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9th CPLP Radiation Protection Congress in Coimbra

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| 11 December 2023

The 9th Radiation Protection Congress of the CPLP – Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries, will take place from December 11th to the 15th, in Coimbra.

The meeting, organized by the Portuguese Society for Radiation Protection and the Brazilian Society for Radiological Protection, will mainly focus on the biological effects of radiation, natural radioactivity, protection, management and safety, national and international regulations and policies, emergency planning and response, among other necessary topics to address in this context.

EDM-Empresa de Desenvolvimento Mineiro, S.A., will be present at this meeting, with the contribution of Edgar Carvalho on the 13th, Wednesday.

With the presentation title “Environmental recovery of former mining areas in Portugal”, Edgar Carvalho will show to the audience, all the work carried out by the company over the last few years, within the scope of remediating national mining liabilities.

Three theoretic and theoretic-practical courses are also planned to be held during the 9th Radiation Protection Congress, on which EDM will be represented by Carlos Martins, as one of the supervisors of the “Theoretical-Practical Course on Radon”.

This will be the third edition of a highly required and successful training, which will take place between the 13th and 14th December.

In addition to lectures, debates and courses, the program also includes two technical visits during the 5 days of work, one of them to Urgeiriça Mine, on Friday, December 15th. The Urgeiriça Mine, whose recovery was carried out by EDM, starting in 2006 and ending in 2021, is a case that many want to learn about and analyse as a potential example for their own countries.

The 9th CPLP Radiation Protection Congress will be held in the Central Auditorium of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Coimbra.

 

The entire program can be accessed at the CPLP Radiation Protection Congress – 2023

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