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Radiation Consequences of Fire in Chornobyl NPP Exclusion Zone

Nuclear and Radiation Safety, 2016
In April and June 2015, the population of the Kyiv region in Ukraine was alarmed by information on possible negative radiation consequences of the serious forest fires that broke out in the 30-kilometer zone of Chornobyl NPP Exclusion Zone. The paper describes analytical research related to the assessment of radiation impact of fire in contaminated ...
O. Slepchenko, O. Dybach, I. Shevchenko, T. Lytvynska, V. Bohorad   +4 more
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Chromosomal disorders in Triticum aestivum subject to prolonged radionuclide pollution of soil from the Exclusion Zone of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant [PDF]

Regulatory Mechanisms in Biosystems
Due to the large number of nuclear power plants around the globe and the growing threat of radioactive accidents, a complex assessment of the biological consequences of the Chornobyl disaster is a relevant issue.
R. А. Yakymchuk, V. V. Morgun, І. V. Chyzhevskyi   +2 more
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Contrasting pathogen prevalence between tick and dog populations at Chornobyl [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors
Background The 1986 disaster at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant released massive amounts of radioactive material into the local environment. In addition to radiation, remediation efforts and abandonment of military-industrial complexes contributed to ...
Megan N. Dillon, Barbara A. Qurollo, Rachael Thomas, Madeline E. Warren, Timothy A. Mousseau, Jennifer A. Betz, Norman J. Kleiman, Matthew Breen   +7 more
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Is increased mutation driving genetic diversity in dogs within the Chornobyl exclusion zone? [PDF]

PLoS ONE
Environmental 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, Allison N Dickey, Reade B Roberts, Jennifer A Betz, Timothy A Mousseau, Norman J Kleiman, Matthew Breen   +6 more
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Mortality from cancer and non-cancer diseases in the Lithuanian cohort of Chernobyl cleanup workers (2001-2020). [PDF]

Int J Cancer
What's new? Following the Chernobyl disaster, workers were recruited from formerly Soviet‐occupied areas, including Lithuania, to participate in clean‐up efforts. Radiation exposure incurred by workers during these efforts offers a unique opportunity for the study of long‐term health effects.
Steponaviciene R, Kesminiene A, Kaceniene A, Smailyte G.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Estimation of status of small rodents’ natural populations from the transformed ecosystems of the Chornobyl exclusion zone according to the complex of biological indicators [PDF]

Ядерна фізика та енергетика, 2020
Morphophysiological and hematological parameters of different species and ontogenesis types of mice rodents from the drained areas of the Chornobyl cooling pond were studied for the first time; comparative analysis, including data of control and stable ...
A. I. Lypska, N. K. Rodionova, N. M. Riabchenko, O. O. Burdo, D. O. Vyshnevskiy, H. Ishiniwa   +5 more
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Groundwater monitoring and modelling of the “Vector” site for near-surface radioactive waste disposal in the Chornobyl exclusion zone

Ядерна фізика та енергетика, 2017
Results of purposeful groundwater monitoring and modelling studies are presented, which were carried out in order to better understand groundwater flow patterns from the “Vector” site for near-surface radioactive waste disposal and storage in the ...
D. Bugai, A. Skalskyy, K. Haneke, S. Thierfeldt, O. Nitzsche, A. Tretyak, Yu. Kubko   +6 more
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137Cs circulation in forest ecosystems on the territory of the Chornobyl exclusion zone (Plant)

Доповiдi Нацiональної академiї наук України, 2022
Seasonal changes in the content of 137Cs in plants of the forest ecosystems on the territory of the Chornobyl exclusion zone have been studied. Samples were selected from 2013 till 2015 once per two weeks.
N.Ye. Zarubina
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Radioactive contamination of fish in the flooding lake Starukha in the Chornobyl exclusion zone [PDF]

Ядерна фізика та енергетика
After the accidents at the Chornobyl NPP in 1986 and the Fukushima-1 NPP in 2011, the specific activity of radionuclides in fish in radioactively contaminated freshwater bodies reached hundreds of kBq kg-1 and exceeded international and national ...
V. O. Kashparov, S. Ye. Levchuk, D. M. Holiaka, Yu. V. Khomutinin, V. P. Protsak, D. M. Kondratiuk, M. A. Zhurba   +6 more
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European bison (Bison bonasus) in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone (Ukraine) and prospects for its revival [PDF]

Праці Теріологічної школи, 2017
In 2012–2016 a European bison adult bull was observed (by camera traps) in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ, Ukraine), west of Tovstyi Lis village. This is the first record of wild bison in Kyiv Polissya for over 300 years.
Sergii Gashchak, Yevgenii Gulyaichenko, Nicholas A. Beresford, Michael D. Wood   +3 more
doaj   +5 more sources