Chernobyl accident: A comprehensive risk assessment

Technical Report · Sun Oct 31 23:00:00 EST 1999

OSTI ID:700404

Vargo, G J; Poyarkov, V; Baryakhtar, V; Kukhar, V; Los, I

The authors, all of whom are Ukrainian and Russian scientists involved with Chernobyl nuclear power plant since the April 1986 accident, present a comprehensive review of the accident. In addition, they present a risk assessment of the remains of the destroyed reactor and its surrounding shelter, Chernobyl radioactive waste storage and disposal sites, and environmental contamination in the region. The authors explore such questions as the risks posed by a collapse of the shelter, radionuclide migration from storage and disposal facilities in the exclusion zone, and transfer from soil to vegetation and its potential regional impact. The answers to these questions provide a scientific basis for the development of countermeasures against the Chernobyl accident in particular and the mitigation of environmental radioactive contamination in general. They also provide an important basis for understanding the human health and ecological risks posed by the accident.

• Research Organization: Battelle, Columbus, OH (United States)
• OSTI ID: 700404
• Report Number(s): BATT--0133/XAB; ISBN 1-57477-082-9
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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