Medical radiological consequences of Chernobyl 20 years after the accident

Radiation and Risk», 2005, Special Issue No. 2, pp.4-62

«Radiation and Risk», 2005, Special Issue No. 2, pp.4-62

Abstract

After the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, and this should be emphasized especially, large contingents of the population of the country were exposed to radiation in a range of small doses (up to 0.2 Sv). Therefore, the findings of large-scale post-Chernobyl epidemiological studies are of paramount importance for the objectivization of radiological effects at low doses of radiation and the formation on this basis of groups of actual and potential risks for the provision of effective medical care. In the submitted Bulletin of the National Radiation and Epidemiological Register "Radiation and Risk" a conclusion (an official document) of the internationally held Chernobyl Forum (Vienna, 2005) and comments of leading Russian specialists to this document are published. The Bulletin also contains the draft resolution of the UN General Assembly on "Strengthening international cooperation and coordinating efforts in studying, mitigating and minimizing the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster."

Keywords
Chernobyl accident, small doses, radiation, radiological effects, medical, environmental effects, thyroid cancer, radiological risks, neonocological, oncological, diseases.

Preface (in Russian)

1. Chernobyl's legacy: medical, environmental and socio-economic consequences and recommendations to the governments of Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine (in Russian)

2.Chernobyl Forum: the Health Effects of the Accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (comment by Russian scientists) (in Russian)

3. Draft resolution of the UN General Assembly. Strengthening of international cooperation and coordination of efforts in studying, mitigating and minimizing the consequences Chernobyl disaster (in Russian)