CONCLUSION of the Russian Scientific Commission on Radiation Protection on materials generalizing the results of works in order to reduce the consequences of the Chernobyl accident

Reference: Радиация и риск (Radiation risk) (Bulletin of the National Radiation and Epidemiological Registry) Year: 2006 Volume: 15 Issue: 1-2

Abstract: According to the analysis and discussion on the presented materials by the Russian Scientific Commission on Radiation Protection, the following decisions were made.

1. To gove a generally reliable assessment of activities conducted by the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Ministry of Health of Russia with the participation of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, the Russian Ministry of Atomic Energy, and the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia and their departments, aimed at overcoming the consequences of the Chernobyl accident.

2. The Russian Scientific Commission on Radiation Protection (RSCRP)  believes that the the main conclusions of the Chernobyl Forum (6-7.09.2005, Vienna) provide an objective assessment of the medical, environmental and socio-economic consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

3. In order to meet the requirements of the laws and regulations of the Russian Federation and international recommendations, the Commission considers it appropriate to:

4. Future decisions addressing problems of the agroindustrial complex should be based on evidential data derived from activities aiming at resolving the aftermath of the accident:

5. The main remote medical-radiological consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant should be considered:

– Cancer of the thyroid gland. – Leukemia.

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Conclusion of the Russian Scientific Committee on Radiation protection of the report “incidence of thyroid cancer in Russia after the Chernobyl accident: evaluation of radiation risks according to data of the National radiation-epidemiological registry”, text of scientific article on “Medicine and health protection”.

Author: V.K. Ivanov

Reference: Журнал: Радиация и риск (journal: Radiation and Risk), 2010

Abstract: Aims of the work:

1. To approve the assessment work of radiation risks of thyroid cancer in people, living in contaminated territories by the Chernobyl accident, administered by the MRRC RAMS (National Radiation and Epidemiological Registry
2. Take note of the main results of large-scale radiation epidemiological studies conducted in the years 1991-2008 on the population of Bryansk, Kaluga, Orel and Tula regions, according to which:

– A group of radiation risk for thyroid cancer should include children and adolescents (0-17 years at the time of the Chernobyl accident);

– No significant radiation risk of thyroid cancer among adult (at the time of the Chernobyl accident) population has been found…

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