Estimation of thyroid doses received by the population of Belarus as a result of the Chernobyl accident
- Institut Biofiziki, Moscow (Russian Federation)
- Institute of Radiation Medicine, Minsk (Belarus)
- National Cancer Inst., Rockville, MD (United States)
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
Within weeks of the Chernobyl accident ABOUT 300,000 measurements of human thyroidal iodine-131 content were conducted in the more contaminated areas of Belarus. Results of these and other measurements form the basis of thyroid-dose reconstruction for the residents. For Class 1 (measured dose), individual doses are estimated directly from measured thyroidal iodine content plus information on life style and dietary habits. Such estimates are available for about 130,000 individuals from Gomel and Mogilev Oblasts and Minsk City. For Class 2 (passport doses), every settlement with a sufficient number of residents with measured doses, individual thyroid-dose distributions were determined for several age groups and levels of milk consumption. A population of about 2.7 million resides in the passport settlements.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 266373
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-JC-122290; CONF-960332-2; ON: DE96012154
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1. international conference of the European Commission, Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine on the consequences of the Chernobyl accident, Minsk (Belarus), 18-22 Mar 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1 Feb 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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