Dispersal, deposition and collective doses after the Chernobyl disaster.
This article discusses the dispersal, deposition and collective doses of the radioactive fallout from the Chernobyl accident. It explains that, although Belarus, Ukraine and Russia were heavily contaminated by the Chernobyl fallout, more than half of the fallout was deposited outside these countries, particularly in Western Europe. Indeed, about 40 per cent of the surface area of Europe was contaminated. Collective doses are predicted to result in 30,000 to 60,000 excess cancer deaths throughout the northern hemisphere, mostly in western Europe. The article also estimates that the caesium-137 source term was about a third higher than official figures.
Fairlie
Ian
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fairlie@dsl.pipex.com
D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D047852:Chernobyl Nuclear Accident; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D009381:Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011847:Radioactive Fallout / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis*; D002094:Republic of Belarus / Q000453:epidemiology; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000639:trends; D012307:Risk Factors; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D013997:Time Factors; D014455:Ukraine / Q000453:epidemiology
D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes; D011847:Radioactive Fallout