MENU
|
FNCA 2021 Climate Change Science Research Project Workshop |
Report of
FNCA FY2021 Online Workshop on
Research on Climate Change using Nuclear and Isotopic Technologies
November 11st - 12nd, 2021
[Workshop]
The fifth meeting ran from 11st and 12nd 2021 and was as a zoom on-line meeting.
Mr. Wada Tomoaki, FNCA Coordinator of Japan, opened the on-line meeting.
The meeting started by giving all countries the opportunity to present the status of the research and progress against their national project plans. Mongolia was unavailable for this meeting.
After the member-country presentations there were discussions about progress in general, dependencies on equipment, analysis and facilities in other countries. An inventory was made by each country about the type and level of support needed to complete the national plans. An agreement was reached about plans, level of support and sharing of information.
[Discussion]
A couple of discussion were held:
There was a good discussion about information sharing between countries.
The following topics were shared with the group in the form of PDF protocols, instructions and or lists:
- Sampling guidelines -
- "Practical guide on soil sampling, treatment, and carbon isotope analysis for carbon cycle studies" was published late 2020
- Sampling archives of climate change to be delivered Q2/Q3 of 2021 (This action is no-longer valid as countries have received either physical assistance in sapmling (Indonesia & Thailand) or advice on sampling equipment procurement (Malaysia).
- A possible new project on Food provenance was discussed and introduced by ANSTO's Dr. Debasish Mazumder. He will await the outcome of a questionnaire (Dec 2021) and will collate a response and a proposal for a new FNCA project.
Data interpretation - This was part of the final on-line meeting of November 2021. Presenters & lead scientists demonstrated step by step the scientific method used to move from data collection to data interpretation and final conclusions. Most countries are now in the process of finalising their full reports and will indicate outstanding analyses. It is anticipated that all countries are able to fully report by the end of 2022 (with a possible on-line overview of the final reports - to be chaired by ANSTO's Dr. Krystyna Saunders, Dr. Henk Heijnis has retired since the last meeting)
[Plans]
- Possible final overview meeting of the project (late 2022)
- On-line meeting
- Plans for a follow-up project on Climate Change and Food security (using nuclear techniques) will be further developed separately and if possible submitted as a proposal to the FNCA in March 2022.
|
Program of
FNCA FY2021 Online Workshop on
Research on Climate Change using Nuclear and Isotopic Technologies
November 11st - 12nd, 2021
Day 1 (Thursday, 11 November)
*Sydney Time
13:00 |
- Housekeeping and checking connections of meeting
|
13:20 |
- Australian FNCA representative Mr Mark Alexander to open meeting.
FNCA overview and timelines with regard to 2021 meetings and Climate Project in particular a view words by Mr Wada.
|
13:40 |
- Quick review of our report from on-line meeting 2020 (Climate Project Lead - H.Heijnis)
|
14:00 |
- Country reports (planned activities (as per national plan), achievements and problems
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- China
- Indonesia 2x (Pak Ali and Bu Tri)
- Japan
|
Day 2 (Friday, 12 November)
*Sydney Time
13:00 |
Housekeeping and connectivity check |
13:15 |
- Country reports (planned activities (as per national plan), achievements and problems (Continued)
- Kazakhstan
- Malaysia
- Philippines
- Thailand
- Vietnam
- Urgent - Assistance requests from other countries
- Discussion on the future of the climate project & new food authenticity project.
- Plan is to phase out the remaining activities of the climate project over the next 2 years (with international cross collaboration to catch-up and publications submitted).
- The start a new project on food authenticity and discuss food to be included, appropriate country networks and international database. The discussion and topic will be introduced by Associate Professor Deba Mazumder of ANSTO.
|
17:30 |
Closure and planning of final meeting in 2021 (Mr Wada & Heijnis) |
|
List of Participants
FNCA FY2021 Online Workshop on
Research on Climate Change using Nuclear and Isotopic Technologies
November 11st - 12nd, 2021
Australia
Professor Henk HEIJNIS
Leader Environment
ANSTO
Dr. Debasish MAZUMDER
Project Lead-Food Provenance
NST-The Environment
ANSTO
Ms. Ashley HILL
International Liaison Officer
Chief Operating Officer Group
ANSTO
Bangladesh
Dr. Mohammad Amirul ISLAM
Chief Scientific Officer, Reactor and Neutron Physics Division,INST, AERE, Savar
Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC)
China
Associate Professor Zhijun GONG
East China University of Technology
Indonesia
Dr. Ali Arman LUBIS
Research and Technology Center for Application of Isotopes
and Radiation, Research Organization for Nuclear Energy,
National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN)
Ms. Tri Retnaningsih SOEPROBOWATI
Center for Paleolimnology (CPalim)
Kazakhstan
Ms. Almira AIDARKHANOVA
Head of Department for Development of Environmental Monitoring System
of the Branch "Institute of Radiation Safety and Ecology" of
National Nuclear Center (NNC) of Kazakhstan
Malaysia
Professor Fatimah Binti Md YUSOFF
Department of Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture
University Putra Malaysia
Philippines
Dr. Angel T. BAUTISTA VII
Science Research Specialist
Nuclear Analytical Techniques Application Section
Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI)
Thailand
Dr. Sasiphan KHAWEERAT
Senior Nuclear Scientist
Nuclear Research and Development Division
Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology (TINT)
Vietnam
Mr. BUI Dac Dung
Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology (INST),
Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute (VINATOM)
Japan
Dr. NAGAI Haruyasu
Division Head, Environmental and Radiation Sciences Division
Nuclear Science and Engineering Center
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)
Mr. WADA Tomoaki
FNCA Coordinator of Japan
Dr. TAMADA Masao
FNCA Advisor of Japan
Mr. FUNABIKI Takahisa
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
Ms. TANAKA Fumiyo
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
Ms. CHE Jongah
Nuclear Safety Research Association (NSRA)
|
|
Online Open Seminar
As online open seminar, Dr. Angel T. BAUTISTA VII (Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (PNRI)), the FNCA Research on Climate Change using Nuclear and Isotopic Techniques Project Leader of The Philippines, made a presentation.
For inquiries concerning this presentation, please find contact information as below.(until March 31, 2022)
|
|
|