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Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2021. Vol. 66. № 3. P. 9–12
O.V. Parinov, A.M. Lyaginskaya, N.K. Shandala, E.G. Metlyaev, V.V. Kuptsov
Problems of Assessing the Health Status of Personnel Working
in Conditions of New Technologies for Nuclear Fuel Production
AI Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center, Moscow, Russia
Contact person: Oleg Victorovich Parinov: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Abstract
Purpose: To identify the problem of assessing the health status of personnel working under the conditions of new technologies for the production of nuclear fuel.
Material and method: The object of the research was the general morbidity of workers in the production of mixed nitride uranium-plutonium fuel (MNUP-fuel). The material for the study was the data presented in the «Health Passports». The paper used the method of comparative analysis of the overall morbidity of workers in the production of MNUP-fuel and workers in enterprises dealing with nuclear fuel.
Results and analysis: At present, in our country, within the framework of the «Breakthrough» project, new technologies are being developed for the fabrication and refurbishment of mixed uranium-plutonium (MNUP) fuel. In the absence of radiation and hygienic standards for the content of fuel products in working rooms, in order to assess the influence of production factors, along with the radiation dose, the incidence of personnel is studied as an integral indicator of health. A study of the incidence of 50 workers in the production of MNUP fuel revealed: Relatively high incidence of general morbidity – 1122 diseases per 100 people or an average of 93.5 diseases per 100 people per year, regardless of the length of service. The leading diseases in the overall morbidity structure are diseases of the respiratory system – 26.0 %
(1st place), eyes – 13.4 % (2nd place), musculoskeletal system – 11.4 % (3rd place), circulatory system – 10,9 % (4th place), injuries and poisoning – 8.4 % (5th place), digestive organs and genitourinary system – 7.7 % and 7.0 %, respectively (6th place), which make up 84.7 % of the total morbidity. Obviously, the effective dose of 4.6 mSv/year cannot be the only reason for the high morbidity in workers in complex radiochemical production, but characterizes only the influence of one of the many nonspecific factors of production. The existing system for assessing the health of personnel working in radiochemical production, in addition to analyzing the risks of deterministic and stochastic effects, should include an assessment of the overall morbidity of personnel.
Keywords: personnel, morbidity, mixed uranium-plutonium nitride fuel, integral health indicators
For citation: Parinov OV, Lyaginskaya AM, Shandala NK, Metlyaev EG, Kuptsov VV. Problems of assessing the health status of personnel working in conditions of new technologies for nuclear fuel production. Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2021;66(3):9-12.
DOI: 10.12737/1024-6177-2021-66-3-9-12
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Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Financing. The study had no sponsorship.
Contribution. Article was prepared with equal participation of the authors.
Article received: 23.12.2020.
Accepted for publication: 20.01.2021.