The radiological impact of the Chernobyl accident
The purpose of this paper is to summarize the international assessments of the radiological impact of the Chernobyl accident. The Chernobyl accident was a technological disaster that went beyond the most pessimistic scenarios of nuclear engineers. It was more sever than a maximum credible accident to which nuclear engineers referred before it happened. In spite of its severity, the consequences of the accident at Chernobyl, seen in perspective, seem not to be so catastrophic. The number of fatalities was small compared with the figures for other common types of accidents, and the radiation doses incurred are only a small fraction of those inevitably incurred due to natural background radiation.
- OSTI ID:
- 5529554
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-881011--
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (USA), Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (USA) Vol. 57; ISSN TANSA; ISSN 0003-018X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ACCIDENTS
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
ASIA
AUSTRIA
BACKGROUND RADIATION
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CESIUM 137
CESIUM ISOTOPES
CHERNOBYLSK-4 REACTOR
CLEANING
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DECONTAMINATION
DEPOSITION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DOSES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
EMERGENCY PLANS
ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EUROPE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
FOOD CHAINS
GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS
HAZARDS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HUMAN POPULATIONS
IAEA
INGESTION
INTAKE
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
IODINE 131
IODINE ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LWGR TYPE REACTORS
MASS TRANSFER
NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
POPULATIONS
POWER REACTORS
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION HAZARDS
RADIATIONS
RADIOACTIVITY
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
REACTOR ACCIDENTS
REACTORS
ROMANIA
SCANDINAVIA
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
THERMAL REACTORS
USSR
WATER COOLED REACTORS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES