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A case study in the Chernobyl zone Part 2: Predicting radiation induced effects in biota

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 June 2005

J.C. Barescut ,
J.C. Gariel ,
J.M. Péres ,
N. A. Beresford ,
S. M. Wright ,
C. L. Barnett ,
J. L. Hingston ,
J. Vives i Batlle ,
D. Copplestone  and
I. I. Kryshev
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N. A. Beresford
Affiliation:
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4AP, UK, e-mail: nab@ceh.ac.uk
S. M. Wright
Affiliation:
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4AP, UK, e-mail: nab@ceh.ac.uk
C. L. Barnett
Affiliation:
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4AP, UK, e-mail: nab@ceh.ac.uk
J. L. Hingston
Affiliation:
Jones Building, School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool L69 3GS, UK
J. Vives i Batlle
Affiliation:
Westlakes Research Institute, Moor Row, Cumbria CA24 3LN, UK
D. Copplestone
Affiliation:
Environment Agency, Richard Fairclough House, Knutsford Rd.,Warrington WA4 1HG, UK
I. I. Kryshev
Affiliation:
SPA “TYPHOON", 82 Lenin Av., Obnisk, Kaluga Region 249038, Russia
T. G. Sazykina
Affiliation:
SPA “TYPHOON", 82 Lenin Av., Obnisk, Kaluga Region 249038, Russia
G. Pröhl
Affiliation:
GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Radiation Protection, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
A. Arkhipov
Affiliation:
International Radioecology Laboratory, ICC, Post Box 151, Slavutych, Kiev District 07100, Ukraine
B. J. Howard
Affiliation:
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4AP, UK, e-mail: nab@ceh.ac.uk
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Abstract

In this paper we use the FASSET framework to estimate absorbed dose rates for biota within the Chernobyl exclusion zone. The estimated doses are compared to observed biological effects within the Chernobyl exclusion zone and effects expected from summaries of existing knowledge and the extent of contamination. Although paucity of observations under conditions of chronic irradiation makes direct comparison difficult, the biological effects observed in the Chernobyl exclusion zone over the period considered here (1988-2003) are broadly in agreement with those which may have been expected.

Type
Research Article
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Radioprotection , Volume 40 , Issue S1 , May 2005 , pp. S299 - S305
Copyright
© EDP Sciences, 2005

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