Sigurður M. Magnússon

ORCID: 0000-0003-1736-8090
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Research Areas
  • Radioactive contamination and transfer
  • Nuclear and radioactivity studies
  • Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies
  • Radioactivity and Radon Measurements
  • Nuclear Materials and Properties
  • Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy
  • Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management
  • Lichen and fungal ecology
  • Radiation Dose and Imaging
  • Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
  • Risk and Safety Analysis
  • Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies
  • Skin Protection and Aging

Icelandic Transport Authority
2014-2021

National University Hospital of Iceland
1994

The use of UV-emitting tanning devices for cosmetic purposes is associated with an increased risk melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer. Young women are the most frequent users, therefore, there increasing concern about regulation sunbed use.The primary objective to assess current legislation on among European countries.We developed a 30-item questionnaire gather relevant information legislation. was sent Euromelanoma coordinators designated out network.We obtained response rate 64%. More...

10.1111/jdv.15317 article EN Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology 2019-02-27

A coherent and overarching framework for health protection from non-ionising radiation (NIR) does not currently exist. Instead, many governments maintain different compliance needs targeting only some NIR exposure situations. An international developed by the World Health Organization would promote a globally consistent approach of people NIR. Designed based on decades practical experience provides guidance establishing clear national safety objectives how they should be achieved. It...

10.1088/1361-6498/ac3bc3 article EN cc-by Journal of Radiological Protection 2021-11-21

NKS (Nordic Nuclear Safety Research) is a forum for Nordic cooperation and competence sharing within nuclear safety emergency preparedness, serving as an umbrella initiatives interests. An overview of the funded activities program (NKS-R) during last few years presented in this article. The research covers areas thermal hydraulics, severe accidents, risk analysis probabilistic methods, organisational issues culture, decommissioning plant life management extension. Activities are focused...

10.1016/j.net.2018.11.013 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Nuclear Engineering and Technology 2018-11-26
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