Medical aftermath of Chernobyl disaster in the Republic of Belarus: incidence rates of affected people, problems and solutions
Creators
- 1. The Republican Research Centre for Radiation Medicine and Human Ecology, Gomel (Belarus)
Description
Automatic translation: In the Republic of Belarus, as a result of the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, 3,600 settlements were found in the zone of radioactive contamination, including 27 cities where 2.2 million people lived. In the first weeks after the disaster, the greatest danger to the population was represented by short-lived radioactive isotopes, primarily iodine-131. In some settlements, the radiation dose rate reached 0.5 millisievert per hour - several thousand times higher than the natural background radiation. Until now, in world practice, there has been no experience in eliminating the consequences of such a large-scale man-made disaster as the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which resulted in massive radioactive contamination over vast areas. According to the Chornobyl Forum, at that time, about 5.0 million people lived in areas contaminated with radionuclides.
Abstract (Russian)
В Республике Беларусь в результате катастрофы на Чернобыльской АЭС в зоне радиоактивного загрязнения оказалось 3600 населенных пунктов, в том числе 27 городов, где проживало 2,2 млн человек. В первые недели после катастрофы наибольшую опасность для населения представляли короткоживущие радиоактивные изотопы, прежде всего йод-131. В некоторых населенных пунктах мощность дозы излучения достигала 0,5 миллизиверта в час - в несколько тысяч раз выше естественного радиационного фона. В мировой практике до настоящего времени не было опыта по ликвидации последствий столь масштабной техногенной катастрофы, как авария на Чернобыльской АЭС, в результате которой произошло массивное радиоактивное загрязнение на огромных площадях. По данным Чернобыльского Форума на тот период времени порядка 5,0 миллионов человек проживало на территориях, загрязненных радионуклидами.Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (Russian)
- Медицинские последствия катастрофы на Чернобыльской АЭС в Республике Беларусь: заболеваемость пострадавшего населения, проблемы и пути их решения
Publishing Information
- Imprint Title
- Health Effects of Chernobyl: Prediction and Actual Data 30 Years After the Accident. International Conference. Collection of Abstracts
- Imprint Pagination
- 191 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 114-115
- Report number
- INIS-RU--21O0252
Conference
- Title
- Prediction and Actual Data 30 Years After the Accident
- Acronym
- International Conference on Health Effects of Chernobyl
- Dates
- 17-19 May 2016
- Place
- Obninsk (Russian Federation)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Russian Federation
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 52059462
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- BACKGROUND RADIATION; BELARUS; CHERNOBYLSK-4 REACTOR; DOSE RATES; IODINE 131; MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE; MELTDOWN; RADIATION ACCIDENTS; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIATION PROTECTION; SURFACE CONTAMINATION; URBAN AREAS
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCIDENTS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BEYOND-DESIGN-BASIS ACCIDENTS; CONTAMINATION; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DOSES; EASTERN EUROPE; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EUROPE; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; IODINE ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LWGR TYPE REACTORS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; POWER REACTORS; RADIATIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; REACTORS; SEVERE ACCIDENTS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS
Optional Information
- Notes
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