Dounreay Particles Advisory Group (DPAG)
The Dounreay Particles Advisory Group makes scientific and technical recommendations to SEPA and the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) about ways to improve the monitoring and research programmes for particles in local sediments.
Following recommendations by the (then) Scottish Office, SEPA set up the Dounreay Particles Advisory Group in May 2000. The members are:
- Professor Keith Boddy (Chair), retired
- Professor Tim Atkinson, Department of Earth Sciences, University College, London
- Professor Alex Elliott, Department of Clinical Physics and Bioengineering, Western Infirmary, Glasgow
- Professor Tony Harris, retired
- Professor Marian Scott, Department of Statistics, University of Glasgow
- Dr Andrew Tyler, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling
- Professor Lynda Warren, retired
- Dr Bernard Wilkins, Health Protection Agency.
A number of 'observers' from SEPA and UKAEA, and a representative from the Scottish Government, also attend DPAG meetings. Increasingly, the group is working with bodies such as the Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment (COMARE) and the Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee (RWMAC).
Meetings
You can view the latest minutes by following these links:
| DPAG Meeting # |
Date |
Minutes |
| 48 |
25/26 September 2008 |
 (66k) |
| 47 |
24/24 July 2008 |
(87k) |
| 46 |
18 May 2008 |
(40k) |
| 45 |
26 March 2008 |
(75k) |
| 44 |
26 February 2008 |
(78k) |
Particles Retrieval Advisory Group
Following publication of the Fourth DPAG report, SEPA, Dounreay Site Restoration Limited and the Scottish Government decided that a new group was required to consider the particle recovery operation at Dounreay. The Particles Retrieval Advisory Group (Dounreay) was established in May 2009.
The Group’s objectives are: to provide expert scientific advice to SEPA on the effectiveness of the offshore particle retrieval operation; whether DPAG’s predications of particle numbers offshore and on local beaches remain valid; the criteria and possible end points for the recovery operation in the Dounreay local environment. PRAG(D) current membership is:
- Professor Alex Elliott, Acting Chairman (Department of Wellcome Surgical Institute, University of Glasgow)
- Professor Tim Atkinson (Department of Earth Sciences, University College, London)
- Dr George Hunter (Independent Environmental Consultant)
- Professor Marian Scott (Department of Statistics, University of Glasgow)
- Dr Andrew Tyler (Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling)
A number of observers from SEPA, DSRL, HPA, NDA and a representative from the Scottish Government also attend the PRAG(D) meetings.
| PRAG Meeting # |
Date |
Minutes |
| 1 |
05 May 2009 |
(85k) |
| 2 |
18 November 2009 |
(77k) |
| 3 |
17 February 2010 |
(227k) |
| 4 |
23 June 2010 |
(113k) |
| 5 |
14 January 2011 |
(161k) |
| 6 |
23 February 2011 |
(181k) |