Published March 1994 | Version v1
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Assessing the risk from external irradiation after the Chernobyl accident

Creators

  • 1. Scientific Research Testing Center for the Radiation Safety of Space Objects (Russian Federation)

Description

The object of the research was to establish a relationship between the density of soil contamination by 137Cs in populated localities as a result of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and to predict the risk of malignant tumors for the population

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Atomic Energy (New York)
Journal Volume
75
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 729-735.
ISSN
1063-4258
CODEN
AENYEZ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
26073211
Subject category
S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
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Translation
Descriptors DEI
CESIUM 137; CHERNOBYLSK-3 REACTOR; CONTAMINATION; EXTERNAL IRRADIATION; HAZARDS; HUMAN POPULATIONS; IRRADIATION; RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; REACTOR ACCIDENTS; SOILS
Descriptors DEC
ACCIDENTS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM ISOTOPES; ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; LWGR TYPE REACTORS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; POPULATIONS; POWER REACTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; WATER COOLED REACTORS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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Notes
Translated from Atomnaya Energiya; 75: No. 3, 223-230(Sep 1993).