The 8th General Assembly and the annual conference of the «European Joint Programme on Radioactive Waste Management» (EURAD), took place last week in the coastal town of Larnaka. The events were organised by the Agence National pour la Gestion des Dechets Radioactifs (ANDRA) in cooperation with the University of Cyprus. According to a press release of the University of Cyprus, the 8th General Assembly, which was attended by representatives from 51 organisations from 23 European states, was addressed by Vice-Rector of Finance and Administration of the University of Cyprus Professor Ioannis Giapintzakis The Annual Conference was attended by 200 delegates and 100 more who participated online. They were welcomed by the representative of the University of Cyprus at EURAD Ioannis Paschalidis, Professor in the Department of Chemistry. The Chemistry Department of the University of Cyprus participates as a partner in the European Joint Program on Radioactive Waste Management (EURAD) project, which is funded by the European Union.
Source: Cyprus News Agency