Psychological distress 35 years after the Chornobyl accident in the Lithuanian clean-up workers [PDF]
Global Health Action, 2023 The adverse effects on the health of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant accident clean-up workers have been reported previously. However, there is a lack of studies on the mental health of Chornobyl clean-up workers.
Evaldas Kazlauskas +2 more
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Ionizing radiation and melanism in Chornobyl tree frogs [PDF]
Evolutionary Applications, 2022 Human actions are altering ecosystems worldwide. Among human‐released pollutants, ionizing radiation arises as a rare but potentially devastating threat to natural systems.
Pablo Burraco, Germán Orizaola
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The occurrence of Borrelia miyamotoi in Dermacentor reticulatus and Ixodes ricinus ticks in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine [PDF]
Scientific ReportsBorrelia miyamotoi spirochete is carried by Ixodidae ticks and causing Borrelia miyamotoi disease (BMD), a relapsing fever illness reported worldwide, often in the same geographic areas where Lyme disease is endemic.
Beata Fiecek +6 more
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Is increased mutation driving genetic diversity in dogs within the Chornobyl exclusion zone? [PDF]
PLoS ONEEnvironmental contamination can have lasting impacts on surrounding communities, though the long-term impacts can be difficult to ascertain. The disaster at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986 and subsequent remediation efforts resulted in ...
Megan N Dillon +6 more
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Calculation of the high-level waste maximum activity of the Chornobyl NPP operating origin during storage in KTZV-0.2 containers [PDF]
Ядерна фізика та енергетика, 2022 This paper decrypts the conceptual design of the cask’s control radiation system of high-level waste (HLW). This system is intended for the solid radioactive waste processing plant at Chornobyl NPP and is capable of forming a passport for a batch of HLW,
V. V. Derengovskyi +3 more
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Observation of periodic fluctuations in the dose rate of gamma-radiation in the Chornobyl exclusion zone [PDF]
Ядерна фізика та енергетика, 2023 The structure of signals from detectors for monitoring the gamma-background around the Chornobyl NPP was considered. It is shown that they are not random, they contain certain regular components.
A. D. Skorbun +2 more
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The uptake and excretion rate of 137Cs from the silver Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio) at different feeding routine [PDF]
Ядерна фізика та енергетика, 2022 Throughout 2016 - 2021, a series of experimental studies on 137Cs uptake and excretion rate constants for the silver Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio) were conducted in the Chornobyl exclusion zone (ChEZ) under natural conditions.
O. V. Kashparova +5 more
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Dekolonialność a nuklearne dziedzictwo Czarnobyla
Politeja, 2023 DECOLONIALITY AND THE NUCLEAR HERITAGE OF CHORNOBYL In the early spring of 2022, images from the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone circulated around the world, awakening a dormant fear of the nuclear threat in Western societies.
Magdalena Banaszkiewicz
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Геохімія техногенезу, 2022 During the Chornobyl accident, the near accident area (10-30 km) was heavily contaminated with radioactive substances, of which approximately 1.5% of the total activity of emitted radionuclides belongs to the fuel component, which includes transuranic ...
Barbashev S.V., Nazaryshyn V.S.
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The current state of the radioactive waste temporary storage sites at the Chornobyl exclusion zone [PDF]
Ядерна фізика та енергетика, 2020 The paper provides an overview of radioactive waste temporary storage sites (RWTSS) located at the Chornobyl exclusion zone. The screening, investigation, and other activities currently undertaken at RWTSS in order to ensure their safety, as well as ...
V. M. Antropov +3 more
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