Results 11 to 20 of about 160 (145)
Unusual evolution of tree frog populations in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. [PDF]
Evol Appl, 2022 Abstract Despite the ubiquity of pollutants in the environment, their long‐term ecological consequences are not always clear and still poorly studied. This is the case concerning the radioactive contamination of the environment following the major nuclear accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
Car C +11 more
europepmc +2 more sources
Mortality from cancer and non-cancer diseases in the Lithuanian cohort of Chernobyl cleanup workers (2001-2020). [PDF]
Int J CancerWhat'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 +3 more
europepmc +2 more sources
Contrasting pathogen prevalence between tick and dog populations at Chornobyl [PDF]
Parasites & VectorsBackground 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 +7 more
doaj +2 more sources
Mìžnarodnij Endokrinologìčnij Žurnal, 2020 Background. Endocrine comorbidity, a concomitant radiation injury of several endocrine glands, is a topical issue in radiation medicine. The purpose of the study was to establish a correlation of secondary hyperparathyroidism with thyroid and pancreatic ...
I.M. Muraviova +8 more
doaj +2 more sources
Inheritance of dwarfism trait by winter wheat mutants induced in the Chornobyl NPP exclusion zone
Біологічні студії, 2023 Background. The development of short-stem cultivars is an effective way to increase the productivity of winter wheat grown under the intensive cultivation technology.
Ruslan Yakymchuk
doaj +2 more sources
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.
doaj +2 more sources
Algorithms, 2023 This work presents the application of a novel evolutional algorithmic approach to determine and reconstruct the specific 3-dimensional source location of gamma-ray emissions within the shelter object, the sarcophagus of reactor Unit 4 of the Chornobyl ...
Maxim Saveliev +4 more
doaj +3 more sources
Nuclear Power and the Environment, 2023 The subject of the study is the New Safe Confinement. Its commissioning is the second stage of the task to transform the Shelter object into an ecologically safe system. Works on the implementation of the third stage require the election of scenarios for the Shelter object transformation into an ecologically safe system.
Igor Skiter
openaire +3 more sources
Regulatory Mechanisms in Biosystems, 2018 Thirty years after the accident, the alienation zone of Chornobyl NPP continues to be an open source of radionuclide spread which is carried with superficial and soil waters into river systems and moves beyond the area. The study of mutagenic activity of
R. A. Yakymchuk
doaj +3 more sources
The risk of macular degeneration development in persons antenatally irradiated as a result of Chornobyl NPP accident [PDF]
Проблеми радіаційної медицини та радіобіології = Problems of Radiation Medicine and Radiobiology, 2016 Assess the risk of macular degeneration development in persons exposed in utero as a result of Chornobyl NPP accident.The object of the study was the state of the macular area of the retina of 84 individuals exposed in utero as a result of the Chornobyl disaster. They were surveyed at the age of 14-30.
T F, Babenko +5 more
openaire +4 more sources