This study is focused on the modifications in erythrocytes of Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident clean-up workers as a late health effect of short-term impact of high level radioactive contamination. As a result, a new method based on erythrocyte refractive index properties at different pH has been elaborated.

... units were not given. 5. The Ukrainian-American Chernobyl Ophthalmologic Study of Clean-up Workers (UACOS) was ... clean up the radioactive debris resulting from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accide...

... an accidental intake of tritium (20) and for Chernobyl clean-up workers (21). Among several mathematical models ... protracted irradiation was highlighted by the Goiania and Chernobyl accidents (6, 7, 21,...

The health status of some 6,000 workers from Latvia who went to clean-up the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (CNPP) site following the explosion on 26 April 1986 has been analyzed. The data on these workers have been recorded in the Latvian State Register of Occupational disease patients and people exposed to ionizing radiation due to Chernobyl NPP ...

The results of molecular investigations of blood mononuclears from 120 clean-up workers after 7-9 years of Chernobyl accident with the total exposure radiation doses ranging from 5 to 76 cGr are presented. Structural polymorphism of the leukemia associated bcr and ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes were studied using Southern blot ...

The case of a 33-year-old male yard maintenance worker who died when a crane moving the beam he was guiding contacted an overhead power line was evaluated. The victim was assigned the task of cleaning up the yard where construction materials and equipment...

A review of the Three Mile Island Unit 2 accident is presented. Current activities to clean up the reactor are described.

Sep 6, 2005 ... job assignments and sometime cost lives due to accidents. ... Information on avoiding hazards and safely cleaning up ...

In 1968, a B-52 bomber carrying nuclear bombs crashed near the Thule US Air-Base in Greenland. By 1986, many cases of disease had been reported among Danish workers employed at the base. A database has been constructed from staff files of workers employed from 1963 to 1971. Of 4,322 workers, 98.7% were identified in 1987. The study ...

... the dose threshold for minor opacities seen among Chernobyl clean-up workers with primarily protracted exposures. Findings ... reported (25). An occupational study of 8,600 Chernobyl clean-up workers repo...

The data on the verified cases of mature B-cell neoplasms (chronic lymphocytic leukemia - CLL, B-prolymphocytic leukemia, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in leukemization phase and multiple myeloma - MM; 146 cases in total) in the consecutive group of Ukrainian clean-up workers within 10-25 years after Chernobyl accident are summarized. B-cell ...

... a Study of Low-Dose Radiation Cataracts among Chernobyl Clean-up WorkersV. V. Chumaka, B. V. Worgul1b, ... a Study of Low-Dose Radiation Cataracts among Chernobyl Clean-up Workers. Radiat. Res. 167, 606� ...

An electroencephalograph (EEG) study was carried out from 1990 to 2006, using power spectra, averaged coherence, and integral EEG coherence asymmetry coefficients to compare 189 clean-up workers of the Chernobyl accident with 63 age-matched healthy controls. Most of the Chernobyl workers showed three abnormal EEG ...

The study investigated the use of personal coolers to increase worker productivity and safety while working at elevated, ambient temperatures cleaning up dioxin contaminated soil. The study included laboratory tests to measure the thermal characteristics ...

The study investigated the use of personal coolers to increase worker productivity and safety while working at elevated, ambient temperatures cleaning up dioxin contaminated soil.^The study included laboratory tests to measure the thermal characteristics of the chemical protectiv...

When the deepwater horizon offshore oil drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010, 11 crewmen were killed; the accident led to the largest oil spill in U.S. history. Forty workers on the rig managed to escape the catastrophe, thanks largely to a safety-training program they had taken at community colleges in the Louisiana Community and ...

STUDY OBJECTIVES--The aim was to explore the pattern of disease in staff associated with a bomber that crashed in 1968 when carrying nuclear bombs. DESIGN--The database was constructed from staff files of Danish workers employed from 1 April 1963 to 1 July 1971. Comparison was made between subsequent mortality and hospital admissions of workers employed ...

General's Office released two reports today containing the reevaluations of radiation exposure for personnel who participated in the clean up of a 1966 nuclear weapons accident in...

cleaning up after accidents or other activities that result in a release of hazardous materials to the water, air or land must also be reported through RCRAInfo. More information...

Mar 14, 1996 ... Supporting the Gulf Oil Spill Clean Up: Certainly ... Guidance for Protecting Deepwater Horizon Response Workers and Volunteers. ...

Approximately six lives a year are lost in underground coal mines while cleaning up roof falls and resupporting the roof. A study was conducted to obtain possible insight into the causes of resupport accidents and develop methods of reducing fatalities. D...

Regulatory Guide 1.52 stipulates a radiation level for iodine buildup on the adsorber of 10 to the 9th power rads as one of the typical accident conditions for atmospheric clean up systems. The laboratory research in progress seeks to study the combined e...

Regulatory Guide 1.52 stipulates a radiation level for iodine buildup on the adsorber of 10 to the 9th power rads as one of the typical accident conditions for atmospheric clean up systems. The laboratory research in progress seeks to study the combined e...

Biodosimetric analyses were performed of workers involved in clean-up operations following the Chernobyl accident. Blood samples were collected from 188 exposed workers who participated in the cleanup and from 69 subjects living in Russia but not involved in the cleanup activities. The samples were collected between September 1991 and ...

The goals of this study were to assess three biomarkers of genetic effect for their individual and collective ability to detect and estimate radiation exposure in Russian Chernobyl clean-up workers. Work assignments were planned to limit dose to 0.25 Gy. The three biomarkers employed were chromosome translocations detectcd in lynmphocytes by florescence in ...

The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was the worst industrial accident of the last century that involved radiation. The unprecedented release of multiple different radioisotopes led to radioactive contamination of large areas surrounding the accident site. The exposure of the residents of these areas was varied and ...

We present a pilot study of individuals (liquidators) who were engaged in clean-up operations after the disaster at the nuclear power plant at Chernobyl in Ukraine. In the 10 years since the disaster, adverse health effects among exposed individuals have not been clearly defined. There is widespread fear of damage to the reproductive system, with implications for fertility problems and adverse ...

labeled with the name of the chemical or product that it contains and ... Be aware that if any injury or accident occurs, do not clean up blood ..... edition of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Code, Section VIII or. Section III. Welding ...

... with the clean-up of this accident. Why did the researchers do this particular study? To ?nd ... about 2 years after the oil spill. What did the researchers find? Compared with nonexposed ?shermen, those ...

Program. Cleanups in your Community Click this map to find Cleanups in your Community Accidents, spills, leaks, and past improper disposal and handling of hazardous materials and...

It is important to understand and model the chemical and physical behavior of vapor iodine species in containment environments for the following reasons: This behavior can contribute significantly to severe accident source terms; the development of accident mitigation or management strategies (e.g., an effective filter system); for long-term ...

This study investigates the sulfidation of limestone at high temperatures (700--900(degree)C) as the first step in the design of a High-Temperature Coal-Gas Clean-Up system using millimeter-size limestone particles. Several workers have found that the rat...

Superfund resources are currently being spent to clean up many uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. Pursuant to requirements stipulated in Section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, the cost-e...

... May-2011.Armagan Dagal. (2011) Radiation safety for anesthesiologists. Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology1Online publication date: 1-May- ... Mitchell F. Berman. (2011) Radiation Exposure of the Anesthes...

Superfund resources are currently being spent to clean up many uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. Pursuant to requirements stipulated in Section 105 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, the cost-effectiveness of remedial ...

cards (ICSC) Chest radiography Children - Worker safety Chlorine Chromium, hexavalent Circadian rhythm - Work schedules Clean-up hazards: storm, flood, and hurricane response...

A worker involved in flood clean-up during the winter of 1994-1995 was inadvertently exposed to gamma rays from {sup 226}Ra and progeny. She worked near the radium, in the form of 10 radium needles, for 2.5 d, until it was identified and removed. Her external exposure was reconstructed and estimated to be 1.25-1.75 mSv (125-175 mrem). The activity of the ...

The study investigated the use of personal coolers to increase worker productivity and safety while working at elevated, ambient temperatures cleaning up dioxin contaminated soil. The study included laboratory tests to measure the thermal characteristics of the chemical protective clothing worn and the performance of ice vest and ...

The Office of Science and Technology (OST) manages an aggressive program for RD and D, as well as testing and evaluation for the Department of Energy`s (DOE`s) Environmental Management (EM) organization. The goal is to develop new and improved environmental restoration and waste management technologies to clean up the inventory of the DOE weapons complex ...

This report reviews potential health hazards from carbon/graphite and boron composite materials used in aircraft. Carbon and boron fibers are used as reinforcement in an epoxy matrix to form composite material aircraft parts. There is increasing concern over the potential health effects of these fibers released during sanding and grinding of composite parts in structural repair shops, and during ...

... Furthermore, when cave-in accidents occur, they are much more likely to result in worker fatalities than other excavation-related accidents. ...

Epidemiologic evidence on the relation between occupational and environmental radiation and cancer is reviewed. Studies of pioneering radiation workers, underground miners, and radium dial painters revealed excess cancer deaths and contributed to the setting of radiation protection standards and to theories of carcinogenesis. Occupational exposures today are generally much ...

On April 26, 1986 the world's worst nuclear power plant accident occurred at the Unit 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station in the USSR. This paper presents a discussion of the design of the Chernobyl Power Plant, the sequence of events that led to the accident and the damage caused by the resulting explosion. The structural design features ...

Several years after a 1988 agreement between the United States and the USSR to cooperate in the area of nuclear reactor safety, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH undertook to develop a study of leukemia risk among Ukrainian men potentially exposed to external radiation during clean-up operations following the Chornobyl accident. Responsibility for ...

accidents can breakdown. Stool and urine are very irritating to the skin so be sure to clean up accidents as soon as possible. Skin which is too dry can crack and breakdown. Apply lotion to skin that is too dry sign of skin breakdown leading to a pressure sore. If you remove pressure from the skin the red area

Fatal accidents in coal mines of Tennessee are analyzed and pertinent factors are given in tabular and descriptive form, with suggestions to operators, workers, and State Division of Mines for reduction of accidents.

Fission track analysis (FTA) was developed to be applied to ultra-low levels of 239Pu in bioassay samples. An analytical protocol was established for the FTA processing. The detection limit was determined to 1.5 ?Bq and the calibration constant was 24 fission fragments per ?Bq 239Pu. Naturally occurring nuclides of thorium and uranium, present in biological and environmental samples, did not ...

As part of the Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) storage basin clean-up project, sludge that has accumulated in the K Basins due to corrosion of damaged irradiated N Reactor will be loaded into containers and placed in interim storage. The Hanford Site Treatment Complex (T Plant) has been identified as the location where the sludge will be stored until final disposition of the material ...

Leukemia is one of the cancers most susceptible to induction by ionizing radiation, but the effects of lower doses delivered over time have not been quantified adequately. After the Chornobyl (Chernobyl) accident in Ukraine in April 1986, several hundred thousand workers who were involved in cleaning up the site ...

Leukemia is one of the cancers most susceptible to induction by ionizing radiation, but the effects of lower doses delivered over time have not been adequately quantified. Following the Chornobyl (Chernobyl) accident in Ukraine in April 1986, several hundred thousand workers who were involved in cleaning up the ...