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, 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) |
| 7 |
12 December 2011 |
(140kb) |
| 8 |
2 February 2012 |
(207kb) |
| 9 |
18 July 2012 |
(64kb) |
| 10 |
24 October 2012 |
(224kb) |
| 11 |
13 and 14 November 2012 |
(231kb) |
| 12 |
18 December 2012 |
(151kb) |
| 13 |
15 February 2013 |
(160kb) |