Protection of the public in a large-scale radiation accident: mitigation of negative social consequences of protective actions. Part 1. Interpretation of dose characteristics of em... by Yu. O. Konstantinov

“…The protective actions which were carried out with the purpose to reduce public exposure to radiation derived from the accidents at Chernobyl and Fukushima-1 nuclear power plants have caused negative consequences of social – psychological both social-economic character and medical nonradiological consequences. …”
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Do cupins have a function beyond being seed storage proteins? An updated working model for the growth and reproductive success of flax (Linum usitatissimum) in a radio-contaminated... by Daša eGábrišová, Katarína eKlubicová, Maksym eDanchenko, Maksym eDanchenko, Dusan eGomory, Velentyna eBerezhna, Ludovit eSkultety, Ján A Miernyk, Namik Mammad Oglu Rashydov, Martin eHajduch

“…Plants continue to flourish around the site of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster. The ability of plants to transcend the radio-contaminated environment was not anticipated and is not well understood. …”
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CLINICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF THE PATHOLOGY OF THE UPPER DIGESTIVE SYSTEM IN THE RESIDENTS PERMANENTLY RESIDING IN RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED AREAS by S. V. Dudarenko, A. V. Rozhko, S. N. Lopatin, O. V. Leontyev

“…The aim of the study was to study and evaluate the clinical and morphological characteristics of the pathology of the gastroduodenal zone of the digestive tract in the population of the radioactively contaminated areas in the immediate and remote observation periods after the Chernobyl accident. Methods: esophagogastroduodenoscopy, cytological examination of gastrobioptate, micronucleus test, dosimetric evaluation of gastrobioptates. …”
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137Cs monitoring in the meat of wild boar population in Slovakia by Katarina Beňová, Petr Dvořák, Martin Tomko, Marcel Falis

“…<p>Currently, due to the elapsed time and the nature of the Chernobyl accident, the only artificial radionuclide present in the soil is ¹³⁷Cs, with a physical half-life conversion of 30.17 years. …”
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Forord - Preface by Sven Skjenneberg (ed.)

“…As the case in the previous year, the conference was highly marked by the Chernobyl reactor accident. According to the contributed papers and the subsequent discussions, the problems are a good step nearer to be solved after one year trials and efforts.…”
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Ça traîne en Ukraine… by Paul Bleton

“…Besides Chernobyl, detective fiction leads Ukraine in three directions: according to the three conceptions of French novelists, according to the three chronotopes of historical thrillers and according to the three declinations of Ukrainian authors’ multiculturalism.…”
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Forsøk på begrensninger av skadevirkninger på rein forårsaket av radioaktivt nedfall by A. S. Blix

“…Report of preventing damage on reindeer caused by radioactivity fall out from Chernobyl. Including a short discussion.…”
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Radiation-Induced Thyroid Cancers: Overview of Molecular Signatures by Keiji Suzuki, Vladimir Saenko, Shunichi Yamashita, Norisato Mitsutake

“…Enormous amounts of childhood thyroid cancers, mostly childhood papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTCs), after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident have revealed a mutual relationship between the radiation exposure and thyroid cancer development. …”
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Radiological assessment of radionuclide contents in soils in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in the years 1988-2014 by Łukaszek-Chmielewska Aneta, Stawarz Olga, Isajenko Krzysztof, Piotrowska Barbara, Girard Martin

“…Abstract. In 1986, the Chernobyl disaster provoked the uncontrolled release of significant amounts of radioactive substances, which caused surface contamination in Poland through radioactive isotopes. …”
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FEATURES OF ADAPTATION OF FUTURE SPECIALISTS OF FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE TO THE CONDITIONS OF PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY by V.M. Pokalyuk

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Are passive smoking, air pollution and obesity a greater mortality risk than major radiation incidents? by Smith Jim T

“…</p> <p>Results</p> <p>The mortality risk to populations exposed to radiation from the Chernobyl accident may be no higher than that for other more common risk factors such as air pollution or passive smoking. …”
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FRACTAL DIMENSIONS FOR RADIOISOTOPE POLLUTION PATTERNS BY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENTS by K. Saito, S. Ogawa

“…The objective patterns by fractal analysis were the surface pollution maps in Fukushima and Chernobyl, Abukuma river watershed map, and NOAA/AVHRR. …”
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ADAPTATION OF STUDENTS TO THE PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY OF THE CIVILIAN OPERATIONAL AND RESCUE SERVICE PROTECTION OF THE MOE OF EMERGENCY OF UKRAINE by A.A. Balytska

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Differentiated Thyroid Cancer in Children in the Last 20 Years: A Regional Study in Romania by Andreea-Ioana Ștefan, Andra Piciu, Simona Sorana Căinap, Katalin Gabora, Doina Piciu

“…Ion Chiricuță” Cluj-Napoca (IOCN) Romania, a tertiary center in a region with environmental influences from both the nuclear fallout of the Chernobyl accident and from iodine deficiency. The results were compared with those obtained in a previous study carried out in the same institution between 1991–2010, and with those obtained in a similar study carried out in Netherlands between 1970–2013, a cohort of children not exposed to the post-Chernobyl fallout. …”
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LARVAL STAGES OF TREMATODES IN FRESHWATER SNAILS OF THE CHORNOBYL ZONE OF RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION by V. I. STOROZHUK, D. O. VYSHNEVSKYI, V. F. GALAT, O. V. SEMENKO, M. V. GALAT

“…In order to study freshwater gastropod snails for the presence of larval stages of helminths, snails were collected from such locations as Krasne Lake, Ilya River, Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant cooling pond, bypass channel of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant cooling pond, left bank of the Prypiat floodplain, Koshevka oxbow lake, Hrubchanskyi canal in the Meshevo village. …”
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Uptake of radionuclides by spring wheat and barley from cultivated soils supplemented by contaminated sewage sludge by Marketta Puhakainen, Toivo Yläranta

“…After the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in April 1986, large amounts of fallout radionuclides originating from Chernobyl were measured in sewage sludge in Finland. …”
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The Rationale for a Safe Distance Between Fermenters for Biogas Production by S.V. Pozdieiev, V.V. Nizhnyk, Y.V. Ballo, A.M. Nuianzin, R.V. Uhanskyy, V.S. Kropyvnytskiy

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Nuclear energy safety and international cooperation : closing the world's most dangerous reactors / by Meredith, Spencer Barrett, III

“…Political rules and nuclear safety -- Ukraine's uneasy past and uncertain future -- Armenia at the crossroads -- Lithuania reluctant but resolved to obey -- Bulgaria, what a strange trip it has been -- Overcoming Slovakia's Meciar problem -- Delaying disaster -- Appendix A: Map of Soviet designed reactors -- Appendix B: Reactor locations, status, and designs -- Appendix C: Chernobyl Unit 4 after April 1986 disaster…”

ESTIMATION OF THE DECREASING OF 137 CS SEDIMENT IN THE SOIL DUE TO HORIZONTAL FLOWING by O. N. Prokof'ev

“…The purpose of work is to estimate the possible decreasing of the density of  137 Cs sediment in the soil influenced by the horizontal flowing basing on the analysis of on location observations on the density of  137 Cs sediment in the soil after the Chernobyl accident.…”
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Particular Qualities of Soviet Information Policy according Chornobyl Accident: Source Study Aspects of the Problem by O. Makhno

“…The article identifies the main groups of historical sources for a comprehensive study of Soviet information policy with respect to the Chernobyl accident. Determine their informational potential, deals with the methods of source analysis.…”
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