Justification of remediation strategies in the long term after the Chernobyl accident

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 119, Issue , 2013, Pages 39-47

  Fesenko, S ^a   Jacob, P ^b   Ulanovsky, A ^b   Chupov, A ^a   Bogdevich, I ^c   Sanzharova, N ^d   Kashparov, V ^e   Panov, A ^d   Zhuchenka, Y ^f  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry   (Belarus)

^d RUSSIAN INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGY AND AGROECOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LIFE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES OF UKRAINE   (Ukraine)

^f FRANCISK SKORINA GOMEL STATE UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Caesium; Chernobyl accident; Ionizing radiation; Radiation protection; Rehabilitation; Remediation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; CESIUM; IONIZING RADIATION; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; PATIENT REHABILITATION; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOISOTOPES; REMEDIATION;

ACCIDENTAL RELEASE; BELARUS; CHERNOBYL; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; EFFECTIVENESS OF COUNTERMEASURES; NEW APPROACHES; REMEDIAL ACTIONS; REMEDIATION STRATEGIES;

POLLUTION;

RADIOISOTOPE;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PROJECT DESIGN; RADIONUCLIDE; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; BELARUS; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DECISION MAKING; LONG TERM CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UKRAINE; CHEMISTRY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTANT; RADIATION MONITORING;

CHERNOBYL; KIEV [UKRAINE]; UKRAINE;

CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84883187178     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2010.08.012     Document Type: Article

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