On protecting the inexperienced reader from Chernobyl myths

Title: On protecting the inexperienced reader from Chernobyl myths

Author: Balonov, M.I.

Reference: Journal of Radiological Protection, June 2012, vol.32, no.2, pp. 181-9

doi: 10.1088/0952-4746/32/2/181

Keywords: dosimetry; health and safety; nuclear power stations; radiation monitoring; radiation protection; panic reaction; radiation-induced health effects; Belarusian scientists; Russian scientists; dosimetry; radiation level analysis; Japan; Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant; decision makers; Chernobyl accident myths; inexperienced reader; radiation protection

Abstract: The health and environmental consequences of the Chernobyl accident continue to attract the attention of experts, decision-makers and the general public, and now these consequences have been given added relevance by the similar accident in 2011 at the Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant (NPP) in Japan. Expert analysis of radiation levels and effects has been conducted by international bodies—UNSCEAR in 2008 and the Chernobyl Forum during 2003–5.

URL: http://iopscience.iop.org/0952-4746/32/2/181

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