[en] The validity of the coefficients, suggested by ICRP (Publication 45) for assessment of the risk from prenatal irradiation with low doses and low dose rates is discussed. This includes: development of lethal and curable cancer, severe genetic defects, death before implantation and retarded mental development. Summarizing the individual assessment, the total harm from prenatal irradiation with 1 mvSv have been estimated at 4,9.10⁴ lost years. The expected harm from the additional irradiation of the Bulgarian population during the first year after the Chernobyl accident is evaluated on that basis, taking into account the number of expected pregnancies among Bulgarian women in reproductive age and the individual effective equivalent doses. 15 refs