Author: D.M. Memichev
Reference: “Право и государство пресс”
ISSN: 1815-1329
Keywords: LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND SELF-MANAGEMENT, THE COMPETENCE, COMPETENCES, CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT, THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT BREAKDOWN, EVACUATION, MINIMIZATION OF CONSEQUENCES OF ACCIDENT, RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION OF TERRITORIES, RADIONUCLIDE, RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES
Abstract:There are examined special features of functioning of local state bodies of Belarus, Ukraine and Russia in the conditions of radioactive pollution of extensive territories as a result of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant breakdown on April, 26th, 1986 in the article. The author proposes competences of the given bodies expansion, and also he insists on improvement of the legislation regulating given sphere of public relations.
URL: http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=16382573
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
