Recent world events have increased concern that hospitals must be prepared for radiological emergencies. Emergency departments (EDs) must be ready to treat patients suffering from injuries in combination with radiation exposure or contamination with radioactive material. Every hospital should have a Radiological Emergency Medical Response Plan, tested through periodic drills, which will allow e...

Automatic measurement of radioactivity is necessary for considering cost effectiveness in final radiological survey of building structures in decommissioning nuclear facilities. The RAPID (radiation measuring pilot device for surface contamination) was developed to be applied to automatic measurement of low level contamination on concrete surfaces. The RAPID has a capability to measure contamin...

The Great East Japan Earthquake on 11 March 2011, caused the release of radioactive materials from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP), contaminating eastern Japan, particularly in part of Fukushima Prefecture. In 2012 and 2014, the radiocaesium concentration in brown rice did not exceed regulatory levels in Minamisoma City, Fukushima. However, in 2013, some radiocaesium concentra...

The problem of possible contamination of the Georgian territory by radioactive products in case of accident at the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (ANPP) is studied. Radioactive substances transportation, diffusion and fallout are investigated by mathematical modelling. Some results of numerical calculations are presented. Key-Words: Mathematical modeling, radioactive pollution, Georgian territory

Over 500 cases of thyroid cancer were diagnosed in Belarus between 1986 and 1995 among persons exposed as children (under 15 years of age) to radioactive contamination from the Chernobyl nuclear accident. There is little doubt that radioactive iodine isotopes emitted during the nuclear explosion and subsequent fire were instrumental in causing malignancy in this particular organ. Comparison of ...

The investigation was designed to determine the comparative value of certain washing agents in removing radioactive contamination from wQrkers' hands, and was carried out at a production factory processing radioactive materials. Where radioactive materials are handled cleanliness of the hands is of vital importance for the protection of the employee and for the manufacture of a product of extre...

The investigation was designed to determine the comparative value of certain washing agents in removing radioactive contamination from wQrkers' hands, and was carried out at a production factory processing radioactive materials. Where radioactive materials are handled cleanliness of the hands is of vital importance for the protection of the employee and for the manufacture of a product of extre...