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Nuclear power in New Zealand: Attitudes and prospects [PDF]
Traditional New Zealand attitudes with regard to all things nuclear are subjected to critical scrutiny. It is argued that these may frequently lead us to take policy positions that do not best serve our national interests.
Smith, Ron C.
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Radiation‐induced biological effects are an extremely complex and extensive mechanism that involves multiple aspects of physiological activities in organisms. In the medical field, utilizing the damaging effects of radiation to treat tumors is a commonly employed therapeutic approach.
Zhihe Hu +5 more
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The article discusses the issues associated with the current exposure of the population of 14 regions of Russia due to the Chernobyl accident, identified tasks facing Rospotrebnadzor today.
G. J. Bruk +16 more
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ABSTRACT Background Hazardous levels of contaminants produced by anthropogenic activities are increasingly pervading residential environs and urban areas. Hazardous contamination can pose significant health risks for citizens dwelling in exposure pathways.
Rosina Johnson +3 more
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Pediatric Thyroid Cancer in Europe: An Overdiagnosed Condition? A Literature Review
Thyroid neoplastic pathology is the most common form of cancer associated with radiation exposure. The most common histopathological type of thyroid carcinoma is the differentiated thyroid cancer (these include papillary and follicular type), which ...
Andreea-Ioana Stefan +5 more
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Seeds in Chernobyl: the database on proteome response on radioactive environment
Two serious nuclear accidents during the last quarter century (Chernobyl, 1986; Fukushima 2011) contaminated large agricultural areas with radioactivity.
Katarína eKlubicová +3 more
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The Impact of Chernobyl on Health and Labour Market Performance in the Ukraine [PDF]
Using longitudinal data from the Ukraine we examine the extent of any long-lasting effects of radiation exposure from the Chernobyl disaster on the health and labour market performance of the adult workforce.
Lehmann, Hartmut, Wadsworth, Jonathan
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Electricity privatisation and restructuring in Russia and Ukraine [PDF]
This report examines reforms to the electricity and gas industries in Russia and ...
Thomas, Stephen
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One of the main aims of the study was an experimental determination of the conversion coefficient from ambient dose equivalent rate, Н*(10), to absorbed dose rate in air, D, in the case of radioactive contamination of the environment following the ...
V. P. Ramzaev, A. N. Barkovsky
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Ensuring the population living safety in the contaminated areas
The state policy of the Russian Federation to ensure population, living in the contaminated areas, life safety is implemented by means of federal programs.12 programs for overcoming the Chernobyl accident consequences, children’s population protection ...
S. I. Voronov
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