Radioactive pollutants - Impact on the environment

It is of importance to recall that the production of this book, achieved within a very tight schedule, has been made possible by the very deep and scrupulous involvement of a number of international experts and professionals, within and outside IPSN, who enthusiastically dedicated their time to the number of tasks requested. They all deserve our gratitude, with especial acknowledgements to authors, and also to reviewers: Jean Aupiais, Rodolfo Avila, Jean-Claude Barescut, Nick Beresford, Dominique Boust, Philippe Calmon, Jacqueline Garnier-Laplace, Tom Hinton, Christian Hurtgen, Valery Kashparov, René Kirchmann, Henri Métivier, Valérie Moulin, Jean-Marc Peres, Gennady Polikarpov, Claire Sahut, Pascal Santucci, Jim Smith, Hervé Thébault, Pierre Toulhoat, Christian Vandecasteele, Gabriele Voigt, Dennis Woodhead. The readers should bear in mind that this book only forms the starter of the ECORAD 2001 conference meal. The remaining scientific matter which has been selected as high quality and relevant by the Scientific Committee will be further published as Proceedings of the conference in the Radioprotection Colloquium series as we did in 1997 with part 1 of the RADOC conference (Radionuclides in the Oceans -RADOC 96--97, Proceedings Part 1, Inventories, Behaviour and Processes, Octeville, 7-11 October 1996, Radioprotection-colloques, 32, C2, April1997).

Finally, it is with a great pleasure that we want to warmly thank all involved scientists and experts themselves, from students to leaders. They are those who dedicate their time, and often their life, to continuously improving the understanding of our common world to the benefit of humankind.