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Facilia is a scientific consultant company active in the fields of environmental and health risk assessments, safety assessments in radioactive waste management and radiation protection. Facilia works closely with an international network of regulators, consultants and scientists.
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Hofman D., Åstrand P-G and Todosienko S. (2009) "The NUTEK/ENSURE web-based database system". Facilia Report PD/Database/May09.

Avila R, Voitsekhovych O, Zinger I and Keyser P (in press) Assessment of current doses from uranium tailings. In proceedings to the IAEA conference on Remediation of Land Contaminated by Radioactive Material Residues, 18 - 22 May 2009, Astana, Kazakhstan.

Torudd J (2009) Interim Report 2: Background doses for biota found in Forsmark and Oskarshamn areas. Internal Facilia report IR02/SKB-DCCs/FEB09 to SKB, Stockholm, Sweden.

Hofman D. (2008) Template for specification for SAFRAN tool., Facilia report. SADRWMS IAEA project.

Hjerpe T., Hofman D. and Åstrand P.-G. (2008) "Assuring data quality in Posiva’s biosphere assessment". Poster presented at the International Conference on Radioecology and Environmental Radioactivity, 15-20 June 2008, Bergen, Norway.

IAEA (in press) The Safety Case and Safety Assessment for Radioactive Waste Disposal, Contribution to the draft safety guide DS 355, December 2008.

IAEA (in press) Safe Management of Residues from Former Mining and Milling Activities in Central Asia. Contribution to the Regional Technical Cooperation Project RER/9/086, November 2008.

Avila R and Pröhl G. 2008. Models used in the SFR1 SAR-08 and KBS-3H safety assessments for calculation of C-14 doses. SKB report R-08-16.

Brown JE, Alfonso B, Avila R, Beresford NA, Copplestone D, Pröhl G and Ulanovsky A (2008) The ERICA Tool, JER Vol.99, No.9: 1371-1383, September 2008, ISSN 0265-931X

Oughton DH, Agüero A, Avila R, Brown JE, Gilek M and Copplestone D (2008) Addressing uncertainties in the ERICA Integrated Approach JER Vol.99, No.9: 1384-1392, September 2008, ISSN 0265-931X

Broed R and Xu S. 2008. User's manual for Ecolego Toolbox and the Discretization Block. SSI Report 2008:10.

Torudd J and Zinger I (2008) Interim Report 1: Derivation of Dose Conversion Coefficients for biota found in Forsmark and Laxemar areas. Interanl Facilia report IR01/SKB-DCCs/OCT08 to SKB, Stockholm, Sweden.

Zinger I, Avila R, Hofman D, Jova-Sed L, Kinker M and Goldammer W (2008) Overview of the Safety Assessment Framework (SAFRAN) Tool, Poster presented at the International Conference on Radioecology and Environmental Radioactivity, Bergen. IAEA SAFRAN software, available on www.project.facilia.se/safran/.

Zinger I, Oughton D and Jones S (2008) Stakeholder interaction within the ERICA integrated approach. JER 99(9):1503-9, September 2008, ISSN 0265-931X.

Zinger I, Copplestone D and Howard B (2008) Decision-making in environmental radiation protection: using the ERICA Integrated Approach. JER 99(9):1510-1518 pages, September 2008, ISSN 0265-931X

Zinger I. 2008. A review of Sida-supported cooperation on civil radiation in the Ukraine, report: FAC/SIDA/2008 for the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sweden.

De la Cruz I, Zinger, I and Avila, R. 2008. Radiation Doses to Biota in Sweden, report: TR/SSI/01 for the Swedish Radiation Protection Authority, Sweden.

Zinger I Ed.. 2008. ENSURE: Assessment of Risks to Human Health and the Environment from Uranium Tailings in Ukraine - Phase 1 report. Report TR/SIUS/01 for the Swedish Radiation Protection Authority, Sweden.

Beresford N, Howard B, Blust R, Carlé B, Dowdall M, Gariel J-C, Garnier-Laplace J, Gasco C, Ikaheimonen C, Mo berg L, Smodis B, Trueba C, Vandenhove I and Zinger I. 2008. Rationalising radioecological capacity with requirements. FUTURAE D3 EC project Contract N° FP6 - 036453.

Broed R, Avila R, Bergström U, Hjerne T and Ikonen A. 2007. Biosphere analysis for selected cases in Tila-99 and in the KBS-3H safety evaluation 2007 - Posiva report 2007-109.

Konovalenko L and Avila R. 2007. Alternative approaches for modelling radionuclide transport in the landscape with running water, SKB 2007 report (in preparation), Sweden.

Avila R., de la Cruz I, Sundell-Bergman S and Hasselblad S. 2007. Radiological consequences of radionuclide releases to sewage radionuclide releases to sewage SSI report 2007:10.

Moberg L, Zinger I, Howard B, Beresford N, Vandenhove H and Gariel J-C. 2007. A study of stakeholders views on radioecological needs in Europe in the next 5-10 years. FUTURAE D2 EC project Contract N° FP6 - 036453.

Beresford N, Brown J, Copplestone D, Garnier-Laplace J, Howard B, Larsson CM, Oughton D, Pröhl G and Zinger I. 2007. An INTEGRATED APPROACH to the assessment and management of environmental risks from ionising radiation - Description of purpose, methodology and application. Deliverable D-ERICA. EC project Contract N°FI6R-CT-2004-508847.

Avila Moreno R, Kautsky U, Ekström P-A (2006) Modeling the long-term transport and accumulation of radionuclides in the landscape for derivation of dose conversion factors, Ambio 35(8).

Avila R (2006) Model of the long-term transfer of radionuclides in forests. SKB TR-06-08, Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB.

Avila R and Bergström U (2006) Methodology for calculation of doses to man and implementation in Pandora. SKB R-06-68, Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB; Report 2006-56, Posiva OY, Olkiluoto, Finland.

Avila R, de la Cruz I, Bergman S and Hasselblad S (2006) Radiological consequences of radionuclide releases to sewage systems from hospitals in Sweden. Swedish Radiation Protection Authority report, in draft.

Avila R, Ekström P-A and Kautsky U (2006) Development of landscape dose factors for doseassessments in SR-Can. SKB-TR-06-15, Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB, Stockholm, Sweden.

Avila, R., Ekström P-A and Kautsky U (2006) Development of landscape dose conversion factors for dose-assessments in SR-Can. SKB-TR-06-15, Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB, Stockholm, Sweden.

Ekström P-A and Avila R (2006) Sensitivity analysis methods and a biosphere test case implemented in Eikos. Working Report 2006-31, Posiva OY, Olkiluoto, Finland.

Ecolego User Guide - Facilia publication ECOLEGO3-UGver2-f-Dec06 - in draft

Goldammer W and Avila R (2006) Assistance to the Development of Safety Assessments within the Vinca Programme. End-Of-Mission Report SCG4005 16, IAEA, draft 15 July 2006.

IUR (2006) Recommendations for improving predictions of the long-term environmental behaviour of 14C, 36Cl, 99Tc, 237Np and 238U. Findings of the IUR "Radioecology and Waste" Task Force. Facilia Ed. 80 pp.

Jova Sed L and Avila R (2006) Infrastructure Appraisal for the Republic of Ghana of Radiation Safety and the Security of Radioactive Sources, IAEA draft RaSSIA 09/ 2006/ GHANA, 25 - 29 September 2006.

Leaflet (2006) Assessment ool for the IAEA International Project on Safety Assessment Driven Radioactive Waste Management Solutions (SADRWMS).

RITEG (2006) Upgrading the Regulatory Framework of the Russian Federation for the Safe Decommissioning and Disposal of Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators. A Collaborative Project of the Norwegian Radiation Protection AuthorityAnd Rostechnadzor. Final Project Report, D10; in draft

Avila, R. (2004) Model of the long-term transfer of radionuclides in forests. (in press as SKB report)

Avila, R., Beresford, N., Agüero, A., Broed, R., Brown, J., Iospje, M., Robles, B. and Suañez, A. (2004) Study of the uncertainty in estimation of the exposure of non-human biota to ionising radiation. J. Radiol. Prot. 24 : 105-122.

Technical Projects on-going in 2004, Facilia publication FSR01-f-Aug04.

Minutes of the Facilia Hasseludden Workshop, August 2004. Facilia restricted publication MIN-Facilia-280804.

STRECA - Strengthening Radioactive Waste Management in the Caribbean and Central America: The Feasibility Study. Facilia restricted publication
TR/STRECA/f [eng]. Also available in Spanish and French.

Anisimov, N.A. (2004). Application of design software packages Ecolego and Amber for safety assessment of final disposal of low- and intermediary-level radioactive waste in a regular (hypothetical) near-surface storage facility adequately representing facilities within radon system. Interbranch Certificate-Expert, Scientific-Research and Control Centre of Nuclear and Radiation Safety - RECCENTRE - reg. No P-48/04.
Contract No REC/05/2004 of 19 May 2004, St-Petersburg 2004.

Ecolego User Guide - Facilia publication ECOLEGO-UG1-f-Dec04

Biomat User Guide version 2 - Facilia publication BIOMAT-UG1-f-Dec04

 

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