The risk of cancer among nuclear workers at the {open_quotes}Mayak{close_quotes} production association: Preliminary results of an epidemiological study
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Studies of nuclear workers can provide useful supplementary information on radiation risks, since these studies have a number of advantages. Availability of measured individual doses, standardized medical care provided for nuclear workers, long-term preservation of archival medical and personnel documents are among these advantages. The authors are presenting preliminary results of an epidemiological study of workers at the {open_quotes}Mayak{close_quotes} Production Association (PA). {open_quotes}Mayak{close_quotes} PA, which started operations in 1948, and was the first military nuclear complex in Russia. It is located in what was once called Chelyabinsk-65 and is now called Ozyorsk in the Southern Urals. From the beginning of its operation, the {open_quotes}Mayak{close_quotes} PA included nuclear reactors, a radiochemical plant and a plant for standard plutonium production. Working conditions at these plants in the first years of their operation resulted in a considerable proportion of workers being exposed to high doses of radiation. A wide range of radiation doses, both external and internal delivered at low dose rate, makes the cohort of Mayak`s workers potentially important for the purpose of radiation risk assessment.
- Research Organization:
- National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, Bethesda, MD (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 526022
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960405-; TRN: 98:008248
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 32. annual meeting of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, Arlington, VA (United States), 3-4 Apr 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1 Mar 1997; Related Information: Is Part Of Implications of new data on radiation cancer risk. Proceedings No. 18; Boice, J.D. Jr. [ed.]; PB: 320 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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