This report summarises results from a radioecological study during 1994-1995 concerning turnover, redistribution and loss of radioactive Cesium (134 and 137) in boreal forest ecosystems, as well as uptake and transfer in important food-chains over moose, ...
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This report discusses with the question of how to form a new radiation protection organization for Sweden in the event of nuclear war. The foundation for this is the peacetime preparedness against nuclear power plant accidents. The contents concentrate on...
This report presents scientific data on radioactive contamination and its effects upon soil, vegetation, cattle and man four years after the Chernobyl accident. Data were collected during a fact- finding mission to the Byelorussian SSR in June 1990. Many ...
The radiological protection measures taken in the general hospital of Goiania (HGG/INAMPS) and in the FEBEM institution, due do the accident involving cesium 137 are described, as well the work of the NUCLEI personnel in the areas of: radiological protect...
This report addresses the potential LWR accident source term implication on accident evaluation assuming a change of the chemical form of iodine from elemental to cesium iodide. As a consequence, the escape of iodine to the environment and the risk to the...
Radioactive isotopes of iodine (131I and 129I) and cesium (137Cs) are important contaminants present in nuclear waste. These radioisotopes have been introduced into the environment through nuclear weapons tests as well as nuclear accidents such as Chernob...
This work describes the psychological impact of an accident caused by the violation of a capsule containing Cesium 137 in the city of Goiania, Goias, Brazil, in September of 1987. Its object is to confirm the importance of having mental health teams worki...
The events that originate the Goiania radiological accident involving the rupture of Cesium 137 source, the source characteristics, the medical aspects related to the triage of victims, the medical attendance, and the special measurements of decontaminati...
A collection of three papers about the fallout in Austria from the 1986 Chernobyl reactor accident is given: 1. An overview of the research projects in Austria; 2. On the transfer into and uptake by crops and animal fodder; 3. On the reduction of cesium c...
