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The Chernobyl Accident
The 1986 Chernobyl accident in Ukraine spread a very large quantity of radioactivity over the European continent. Reactor 4 literally exploded, and...
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Doses from external irradiation and ingestion of 134Cs, 137Cs and 90Sr of the population of Belarus accumulated over 35 years after the Chernobyl accident
This study considers the exposure of the population of the most contaminated Gomel and Mogilev Oblasts in Belarus to prolonged sources of irradiation...
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Calculated 137Cs Ingress into Groundwater via the Aeration Zone at the Demenka Test Site as a Result of the Accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
Investigations conducted in Bryansk Region after the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant attest that 137 Cs was observed just 10 years later...
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Reliability of thyroid doses due to 131I intake exceeding 5 Gy in a cohort of Belarusian children exposed to Chernobyl fallout
High thyroid doses due to Iodine-131 ( 131 I) intake among individuals exposed in childhood and adolescence to Chernobyl fallout raise questions about...
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Relationship between follow-up periods and the low-dose ranges with statistically significant radiation-induced risk of all solid cancers in the Russian cohort of Chernobyl emergency workers
Radiation-induced risks for all solid cancer incidence and mortality were studied in the cohort of Russian Chernobyl emergency workers. The cohort...
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Radiation Emergency Preparedness and Response
Radiation has several uses in economic, health, and social avenues and nuclear power is well established as a viable source of power generation....
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RC Code for Calculating Doses from Radioactive Releases to the Atmosphere
AbstractThe article describes the model for calculating external doses from surface and clouds as well as internal doses due to inhalation and food...
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Late Biochemical and Cytogenetic Changes in Plasma and Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes in People Exposed to Low-dose Radiation as a Result of the Accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
AbstractA study was conducted to evaluate the biochemical and cytogenetic parameters in peripheral blood lymphocytes in participants in the Chernobyl...
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Investigation of Malignant Neoplasms Morbidity of the Ovaries in Women Depending on Environmental Conditions of Residence
AbstractWe used the data of official state statistics for 2000–2020 to test the hypothesis about the effect of environmental conditions—radioactive...
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Lessons Learnt from the Consequences of Major Nuclear Accidents
Notwithstanding the fact that nuclear energy is the cleanest and safest source of energy, nuclear accident immediately gets attention throughout the...
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Improvement of Human Reliability & Human Organisational Factors at NPPs
Accidents/Disasters leave footprints that show that human factors play a predominant role in the case of emergency conditions. Human factors were...
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Investigation of Child and Adult Primary Morbidity Depending on Environmental Conditions of Residence
AbstractBased on official statistics for 2008–2017, we carried out an ecological and hygienic assessment of the state of the environment and the...
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3D simulations for evaluation of location factors in an urban environment: application of a novel methodology to calculate external exposure doses for evacuees from Pripyat
This article presents a methodology for assessing the radiation doses in an urban environment due to external irradiation from radionuclides...
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Phytoremediation of 137Cs: factors and consequences in the environment
Radionuclide contamination is a concerning threat due to unexpected nuclear disasters and authorized discharge of radioactive elements, both in the...
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Recall of residential history and dietary habits during pregnancy and lactation in the distant past: reliability of questionnaire-based radiation doses for persons exposed in utero and early life
This study evaluates the reliability of information obtained by standardized questionnaires used in by personal interviews for estimation of...
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From Radio-Euphoria to Radio-Phobia
The chapter shows how the state of radio-euphoria and X-ray mania that dominated the first half of the twentieth century was replaced by the state of...
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Thyroid doses due to Iodine-131 inhalation among Chernobyl cleanup workers
Several hundred thousand individuals, called ‘cleanup workers’ or ‘liquidators’, who took part in decontamination and recovery activities between...
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Zeolites identification for wastewater radionuclides removal in the decommissioning of a former Italian nuclear power plant
Radionuclides are widely known to produce serious problem when released and dispersed in the environment because they can contaminate humans through...
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Radiation doses due to smoking different types of tobacco leaves grown in Turkey
The activity concentrations of 238 U, 232 Th, 40 K and 137 Cs radionuclides in 25 samples of tobacco leaves grown in Turkey have been measured using a...
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Dose Optimization: A Major Principle of Optimization
Biological effects of radiation exposure are sometimes referred to as health effects, harmful effects, or simply radiation risks. These effects have...