List of Color Plates. Preface. Acknowledgments. About the Author. 1 Radiation Doses and Effects. 2 Nuclear Reactors. 3 Explosion. 4 Radionuclide Releases. 5 Early Medical Response and Follow-up of Patients with Acute Radiation Syndrome. 6 Evacuation and Resettlement. 7 Sarcophagus. 8 Nuclear Power Past and Future. 9 Dose Measurement and Estimation Methods. 10 Population Doses. Contamination in Farming, Milk, Wild Animals and Fish. Decontamination. 13 Water Contamination. 14 Ground Contamination. 15 Psychological Illness. 16 Other Non-Malignant Diseases and Conditions. 17 Cancer Risk Specification. 18 Cancer. 19 The legasov Testament. 20 Under the Star of Chernobyl. Glossary. References. Index.
"People in other countries begin to forget the disaster and so
Chernobyl Record is very important because it reminds them of the
effects the catastrophe had on Belarus and its people. It is a
useful source of impartial information on Chernobyl and its
consequences."
-Inessa Pleskachevskaya, First Secretary, Embassy of the Republic
of Belarus in UK
"This book contains a comprehensive collection of facts, widely
researched and well referenced, reflecting the autho's deep
interest in the subject matter. No other similar concise account of
the Chernobyl aftermath … is known to be available from elsewhere.
The book offers a wealth of information, also to those generally
well familiar with Chernobyl, and attracts the reader to open it
and read it over and again. This book certainly belongs on the
bookshelf of everybody interested in the Chernobyl NPP catastrophe
and to persons professionally involved in work on nuclear and
radiation safety."
-Dr. Frankz-Nikolasu Flakus, formerly Senior Officer of the
International Atomic Energy Agency
"A strong contribution to understanding the Chernobyl catastrophe,
the background against which it happened, the heroism of the
emergency accident workers, and the radiation effects on
surrounding human populations, food supplies, ground water, and
forests. At a time when there is a danger of forgetting, this book
provides a timely reminder that the unimaginable actually happened
at Chernobyl."
-Professor John Surrey
"A truly monumental assembly of all that we have learned about the
disaster, and a compendium of lessons which we forget at our
peril."
-Professor Roger Berry
"It is readable to someone like myself who is not an expert in the
field. The photographs, diagrams, and glossary of terms all helped
to explain the scale of the disaster and the aftermath."
-Kate Sanders, British Institute of Radiology Library Manager
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