Author: Tsybulko N.N., Lazarevich S.S., Ermolenko A.V.
Reference: Gazette “МЕДИКО-БИОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ ПРОБЛЕМЫ ЖИЗНЕДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ” (medico-biologic problems of vital activities), Gomel, 2009
ISSN: 2074-2088
Keywords: 137cs, soil, hydromorphone
Abstract: Describes the form of 137cs in sod-podzolic sandy soils.
URL: http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=16378893
Author: Perevolotsky A.N., Bulavik I.M., Perevolotskaya T.V., Paskrobko L.A., Andrush S.N.
Reference: Gazette “РАДИАЦИОННАЯ БИОЛОГИЯ. РАДИОЭКОЛОГИЯ “ (Radiation Biology, Radioecology), 2007
DOI: 10.1134/S0869803107040091
ISSN: 0869-8031
Keywords: 137cs, 90sr, pine plantation, radionuclides, soil
Abstract: Investigation of the distribution of 137Cs and 90Sr in pine plantations in different edaphic conditions. Confirms that the stock of radionuclides in the forest litter depends on the range of the contamination and varies from 10 to 70% for 137Cs and 20 to 60% for 90Sr. With increasing moisture in soil, in each gradation of trophic network, increases R 137Cs in wood and reduces 90Sr. The stock of 137Cs and 90Sr in the wood of pine plantations in various edaphotopes depends on state of plantation and the levels of accumulation of radionuclides.
Author: TROFIMETZ L.N.
Reference: Orel state university 2011
ISNN: 1998-2739
Keywords: 137CS (Cesium), 40K , SLOPE, FOREST FLOOR, WASH-OUT, WARMING, WINTER SEASON
Abstract: «Maximum of activity of the Chernobyl-originated 137Cs in edaphic complexes of the River Vytebet uplands is observed at a depth of 8 cm (437,7 becquerel/kg) and 23 cm (312 becquerel/kg). Based on radiocaesium method calculation wash-out rates had reduced from 1,9 cm since the 1986-1994 yrs. period to 0,5 сm during 1995-2010 yrs. period».
Author: Fisinin V.I., Il’yazov R.G
Reference: Gazette “ПТИЦА И ПТИЦЕПРОДУКТЫ” (poultry and poultry products), 2009
ISSN: 2073-4999
DOI: 636.59 : 631.438
Keywords: radionuclide contamination, poultry, environment, meat, 137cs
Abstract: The article presents data concerning the migration of cesium-137 in the chain “soil – plant (feed) – the bird – products (meat)”, as well as limits of acceptable content of radionuclides in feed and permissible contamination of pastures for waterfowl. Suggests ways to reduce the concentration of cesium-137 in the organism and meat of poultry by applying sorbents and culinary processing, which are successfully implemented in conditions of radioactive contamination from the Chernobyl disaster.
URL: http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=15502455
Full article available at: http://www.vniipp.ru/images/statya/4/fis.pdf (Russian)
Title: Nuclear Energy and Human Health
Author: Lyman, E.S.
Reference: Encyclopedia of Environmental Health, Jan 2011
ISBN:9780444522726
Keywords: Acute radiation syndrome; BEIR VII; Cancer; Cesium-137; Chernobyl; Containment; Emergency planning zone; Evacuation; Iodine-131; Light-water reactor; Potassium iodide; Sabotage; Severe accident; Source term; Spent fuel
Abstract: The environmental health impacts of nuclear power remain highly controversial. Although nuclear energy could have a role to play in mitigating the profound global environmental and health impacts of climate change, it also poses risks that could have long-lasting worldwide consequences. A catastrophic radiological release at a nuclear power plant, resulting from either an accident or sabotage, could cause significant numbers of human illnesses and fatalities and extensive radiological contamination over a vast area. Yet great uncertainties remain in the technical understanding of such events, providing room for a wide range of views on the magnitude and severity of these risks. A better quantitative understanding of the risks of nuclear energy, how they are distributed across geographic and socioeconomic strata, and whether they can be reduced to an acceptable level at a reasonable cost should play an essential role in development of a rational low-carbon energy policy. This article reviews information about the potential human health consequences of severe accidents at nuclear power plants and irradiated fuel storage facilities and discusses some of the uncertainties in these analyses.
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780444522726001859
Title: Cytogenetic damage in lymphocytes of healthy and thyroid tumor-affected children from the Gomel region (Belarus)
Author: Roberto, Barale / Gemignani, Federica / Morizzo, Carmela / Lori, Adriana / Rossi, Annamaria / Antonelli, Alessandro / Di Pretoro, Giancarlo / (…) / Ballardin, Michela,
Reference: Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis, 405 (1), p.89-95, Aug 1998
doi: 10.1016/S0027-5107(98)00118-3
Keywords: Chromosome aberration; Lymphocyte; Child; Thyroid tumor; Ionizing radiation; 137Cs; Chernobyl
Abstract: During 1994, 19 thyroid tumor-affected children and 17 healthy children from the Gomel region, one of the areas most polluted by the Chernobyl fallout, were analysed for (i) the presence of 137Cs in their urine and (ii) chromosome aberrations (CA) in circulating lymphocytes. They were compared with 35 healthy children from Pisa, Italy. Tumor-affected children showed significantly (p < 0.05) higher 137Cs levels in their urine as compared to healthy controls from the Gomel region. No radioactivity was found in urine from the Pisa controls. CA frequency was significantly higher in tumor-affected children compared to the Gomel controls, but was not significantly different between Gomel and Pisa controls. However, dicentric chromosomes were found in a significantly (p < 0.01) greater proportion in both affected and healthy Gomel children (3.4 and cells, respectively) as compared to the Pisa controls ( cells). Multiple regression analysis showed that the proportion of cells with acentric fragments, dicentric and ring chromosomes was significantly correlated (p < 0.05) with the amount of 137Cs excreted in their urine. These findings suggest that children from the Gomel region were still being exposed to radionuclides, which makes it possible to study a dose-effect relationship.
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0027510798001183
Title: Estimated long term health effects of the Chernobyl accident
Author: Cardis, E. [International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon (France)]
Reference: Jul 1996 DOE Scientific and Technical Information
Keywords: 56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, APPLIED STUDIES ;54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; CHERNOBYLSK-4 REACTOR; RADIATION ACCIDENTS; NEOPLASMS; PROBABILISTIC ESTIMATION; HUMAN POPULATIONS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; THYROID; BELARUS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UKRAINE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; CESIUM 137
Abstract: …These increases would be difficult to detect epidemiologically against an expected background number of 41500 and 433000 cases of cancer respectively among the two groups. The exposures for populations due to the Chernobyl accident are different in type and pattern from those of the survivors of the atomic bombing of Japan. Thus predictions derived from studies of these populations are uncertain. The extent of the incidence of thyroid cancer was not envisaged. Since only ten years have lapsed since the accident, continued monitoring of the health of the population is essential to assess the public health impact.
URL: http://www.osti.gov/bridge/product.biblio.jsp?query_id=2&page=0&osti_id=381695
Title: Increased incidence of malignancies in Sweden after the Chernobyl accident-a promoting effect?
Author: Martin Tondel, Peter Lindgren,1 Peter Hjalmarsson,Lennart Hardell, Bodil Persson4
Reference: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE 49:159–168 (2006) [PDF-140K]Mar 2011
Keywords: caesium-137; ionising radiation; nuclear power; low dose; epidemiology; environment; background radiation; cancer; GIS; cohort
Abstract: After the Chernobyl accident in 1986, as much as 5% of the released caesium-137 was deposited in Sweden due to a heavy rainfall 2 days after the event. A study of increased incidence of malignancies was initiated after the accident.
URL: http://www.ippnw.org/pdf/chernobyl-increased-incidence-malignancies-sweden.pdf