The Chornobyl accident: A comprehensive risk assessment

Book · Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1999

OSTI ID:679967

Vargo, G J ^[1]; Poyarkov, V; Bar`yakhtar, V; Kukhar, V; Los, I; Kholosha, V; Shestopalov, V

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The authors, all of whom are Ukrainian and Russian scientists involved with Chornobyl 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, Chornobyl 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 Chornobyl 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.

• OSTI ID: 679967
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 1999
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING AND POLICY
22 NUCLEAR REACTOR TECHNOLOGY
21 NUCLEAR POWER REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
57 HEALTH AND SAFETY
REACTOR ACCIDENTS
FALLOUT
CHERNOBYLSK-4 REACTOR
CONTAMINATION
MANUALS
RISK ASSESSMENT
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION