July 10, 2008
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Monitoring & Testing Newsletter July 10, 2008 |
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Using micro-organisms to monitor river health
Monitoring changes in microscopic organisms called diatoms can assist in evaluating the quality of water over an entire river watershed. Researchers from France have developed a new index that could help Member States fulfill the EU`s Water Framework Directive 2000 (WFD)1. The WFD aims to achieve good ecological and chemical status in surface water bodies by the year 2015. Diatoms are a type of phytoplankton - microscopic organisms that serve as the basis of the aquatic food web. They exist in the lower levels of rivers, including the sediment, and their community structures change noticeably ... |
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IAEA to coordinate major exercise to test nuclear accident response
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was set to coordinate a major exercise to test the response to a simulated accident at Mexico´s Laguna Verde nuclear power plant on the 9th July. 74 IAEA Member States and 10 international organizations join the 48-hour drill to evaluate national and international preparedness for a possible nuclear or radiological emergency. As this will only be a `virtual` nuclear accident, the exercise will not pose any risk to the public or the environment. The IAEA´s Incident and Emergency Centre (IEC) and other emergency response bodies will ... |
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