Environmental radiation monitoring in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone-history and results 25 years after

Health Physics

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 442-485

  Bondarkov, Mikhail D ^a   Oskolkov, Boris Ya ^a   Gaschak, Sergey P ^a   Kireev, Sergey I ^b   Maksimenko, Andrey M ^a   Proskura, Nikolai I ^c   Jannik, G Timothy ^d   Farfán, Eduardo B ^d  

^a Chernobyl Center   (Ukraine)

^b State Specialized Scientific and Industrial Enterprise Chernobyl Radioecological Center   (Ukraine)

^c Ministry of Emergencies of Ukraine   (Ukraine)

^d SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

accidents, nuclear; Chernobyl; environmental assessment; environmental impact

Indexed keywords

CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; HISTORY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; POLLUTANT; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REVIEW; TIME; UKRAINE;

CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; TIME FACTORS; UKRAINE;

EID: 80052438223     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e318229df28     Document Type: Review

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