The Agency

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• The Agencys New Marine Environmental Activities
  in Monaco
• R Fauzi C MANTOURADirector, IAEA - Marine
  Environment Laboratory (MEL)
• Origins, Buildings and Mission
• Marine Programs and Highlights
• Facilities
• Partnerships
• Future Challenges

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Origins of MEL

• 1961 Global concern about the impacts and fate
  of radioactive fallout from atmospheric testing
  of nuclear weapons on the ocean
• Apply transfer of emergent Nuclear Isotopic
  Tracers techniques for understanding and managing
  the marine environment.
• As UNs only Marine Laboratory, to host
  partnership programs UN organisation (UNEP, IOC
  
• IAEA Monaco Seat Agreement

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Location of IAEAs Marine Environment Laboratory,
Monaco
Vienna
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Monaco
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The only Marine Laboratory in UN System
1961 - Laboratory established in the
Oceanographic Museum 1988 -Temporary facilities
in the Louis II Football Stadium 1998 - Permanent
facilities on the Port of Monaco
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Inauguration of MEL by HSH Prince Rainier and Dr
ElBaradei 1998
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Mission Statement

• The IAEAs Marine Environment Laboratory will
  provide Member States with
• Research for the protection of the marine
  environment from radioactivity and pollution
• Applications of nuclear isotopic techniques and
  solutions for tracking oceanic processes, marine
  ecosystems and pollution impacts
• Expertise, Training Reference Materials
  essential for Member States commitment to the
  Sustainable Development and Monitoring of their
  marine environments.
• Strategic partnerships with International and
  other UN ocean agencies (IOC/UNESCO, UNEP, UNDP,
  IMO) to deliver the UN-WSSD programmes on
  sustainable development of the ocean.

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Marine Environment Laboratory

• MEL has expertise in
• Marine Radioactivity Measurements
• Marine Radioecology
• Radiotracer Studies
• Marine analytical chemistry
• Marine pollution monitoring and assessment
• Chemical oceanography marine biogeochemistry

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IAEA-MEL ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
R Fauzi C. MANTOURA DIRECTOR
Administration
Electronic andEngineering Services
RADIOMETRICS LABORATORY (RML)Joan Albert
Sanchez Cabeza
RADIOECOLOGY LABORATORY (REL) Ross Jeffree
MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES LABORATORY
(MESL) Jae OH
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Expertise of MELs Sections

• RML Radionuclide analytics AQCS,
  geochronology oceanic tracers In situ
  tele-detection modelling
• REL Radioecology biological tracers carbon
  export ecotoxicity HABs biotoxins
• MESL Organic micropollutants POPs heavy
  metals surveys, UN partnerships

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• PROGRAM H MARINE AND TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT
• MARINE Subprograms 2006/2007
•  H.1 Marine Environmental Radiological
  Assessment (MERA)
• Measurement assessment of natural and
  anthropogenic radionuclides
• 2 Diagnosing contaminant sources and fates
• 3 Reference Materials Quality Management
• 4 Novel methods

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MARINE Subprograms 2006/2007 (Contd)
H.2 Radioecological and isotopic solutions for
Coastal Problems (RISCMAR) 1 Coastal zone
dynamics - tracers 2 Bioaccumulation of
radionuclides 3 Algal Biotoxins Seafoods
radiobioassay 4 Ecotoxicological Impacts
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MARINE Subprograms 2006/2007 (Contd)
H.3 Ocean Climate Coupling and Carbon Cycling
(OC4) 1 Isotopes for nutrient dynamics and
algal blooms 2 Isotopic applications in ocean
carbon cycling 3 Isotopic records models for
climate change
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Recent Achievements of MEL 2001-2005 Internationa
l Training 36 Courses Marine
radioanalytics, metals, POPs regional
pollution, reference materials IAEA
Coordinated Research Projects ( 23 MS) Seafood
Safety Tracers Submarine Ground Water
Discharge Isotopic Tracers in El Nino Climate
variability Research Expeditions at Sea 32
cruises in Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian
Southern oceans , Med Red Black Seas, 21
Coastal surveys
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Recent Achievements of MEL 2001-2005 With IAEA
Technical Cooperation 31 TC National Regional
projects ( 51 MS) 29 TC Fellows (2-12 months at
MEL) ( 17 MS) 92 Visits by MEL Experts to 41
MS 26 Scientific Visitors (short term 22 MS)
29 Post Graduate Interns 3 Cost-Free
Experts With Institute University RD teams
US Woods Hole Oceanographic NOAA, State U NY,
Uni Arizona, Florida, Stanford, Scripps
Japan JAERI MRI, U Tokyo, Italy ENEA,
France IRSN, U of Paris LEGOS Toulouse CNRSUK
CEFAS, UK AEA Germany BFG Hamburg
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Some Publications Outputs Research in Intern
Peer-Reviewed Journals 143 Articles In Press
(late 2005/2006) 49 Dedicated volumes /
Journal Publications 4 Conference
Proceedings 75 Agency Publications TecDocs
ARs 23 New MEL Newsletter
7 New Website P Staff Editors on 15 Journals
..Relevance, Excellence and Benefits in
Marine Radioprotection Marine Nuclear
Isotopic Applications Solutions ... Marine
Environmental Development Sustainibility at the
at the heart of IAEA
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Emergency response capabilities at IAEA-MEL

• In situ measurements of gamma emitting
  radionuclides
• Analysis of water, sediment and biota

• Modeling radionuclide dispersion transfer
• Dose calculation

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Long Term Monitoring of the Deep Sea

• Research cruises North East Atlantic Dumping
  Site re-visited (5th time).

Data from NEADS-2002
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IAEA-MARIS Web based database
More than 30,000 MEL MS data
For any ocean, any radionuclide anytime
137Cs Regional distributions trends NE
Atlantic Global Ocean comparisons.
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Tracers reveal global role of oceans in climate
change
H 1

• Southern Hemisphere Ocean Tracer Study (SHOTS)
• Blue Earth Global Expedition (BEAGLE)
• Co-sponsored by the Government of Japan and IAEA

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Preliminary Results from SHOTs (MEL MRI Japan)
Weapons testing fallout
Deep Antarctic penetration of 137Cs and
Greenhouse Heat
From Aoyama et al 2004
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Training IAEA member states in tracer studies of
contaminant uptake in Fish
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CRP with lab-based research training into
bioaccumulation of radio-tracer analogues of
heavy metals in different fish
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Toxic Microalgae (phytoplankton 104-106 / ml
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Radiotracer studies using state of the art
aquaria
FLUXES OF RADIONUCLIDES AND RADIOTRACERS OF
CONVENTIONAL MARINE CONTAMINANTS
125I-SXT
Absorption seawater
125I-SXT
excretion
Ingestion with food
125I-SXT
Transfer from sediment
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Tracking Carbon in the ocean
H 2
Sampling Seabed Sediments
Deploying traps for Ocean Carbon Sinks
Seasonal Interannual variability
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Satellite Remote Sensing Mediterranean Plankton
- Tracking Radionuclide plumes foodchain risk
analysis
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Research training pesticide extraction from
marine biota.

• Pollution sampling and analysis of sediments
  collected at one of the 35 shipwrecks located in
  and around Iraqi waterways.
• Survey was conducted by the IAEA-UNDP Iraq team.

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UNOs Regional Seas Projects
GEF Caspian Sea funded IAEA MESL Organic
Micropollutant Survey
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Departmental Collaboration

• NAML-TC-MS
• Black Sea Regional Seas
• Mediterranean Regional Seas
• Gulf Marine Capacity Building
• Marine Radioactivity Benchmarks
• Extrabudgetary ROPME Gulf Member States Caspian
  GEF Member States UNEP Mediterranean

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Future Challenges

• New Partnerships with TC, UN, EU, NS
• Modularise Training
• Marine Risk Models for MS
• Invest in New Technology
• HR ICP-MS for Ocean Tracers
• 3-D Radio Imaging for Marine Biota
• Underwater Mass Spectrometer (trace organic
  volatiles)
• 15N/13C Mass Spec for Blooms

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MELs new outreach products
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Thank You
FAUZI MANTOURA