Chernobyl – 20 years on
Title: Chernobyl – 20 years on
Author: Richard Wakeford
Reference: Journal of Radiological Protection, 26 (2), p.125-126, Jun 2006
doi: 10.1088/0952-4746/26/2/E02
Abstract: Twenty years ago on 26 April 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident occurred (or, more precisely, the explosion that marked the start of the accident occurred – the resultant fire lasted several days). This is by far the largest unintentional release of radioactive material into the environment and caused widespread contamination in Europe, which was sufficiently great in the vicinity of Chernobyl to require evacuation of the population. Much attention has been paid to the possible effects on health of the resulting exposure to radiation, but the rapidity of the appearance and the magnitude of the excess cases of childhood thyroid cancer in the heavily contaminated areas of Belarus, Ukraine and Russia took most people by surprise. The striking excess of thyroid cancer among those exposed as children is undoubtedly attributable to the high thyroid doses received from radioiodine released during the accident…
URL: http://iopscience.iop.org/0952-4746/26/2/E02
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