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Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2025. Vol. 70. № 2
DOI:10.33266/1024-6177-2025-70-2-71-74
D.E. Kalinkin1, 2, I.V. Milto1, 2, L.V. Smaglii1, 2, G.V. Gorina1,
O.V. Litvinova1, Yu.A. Samoilova3, V.А. Avkhimenko3, R.M. Takhauov1, 2
Characteristics of the Uranium Cohort of Personnel of the Radiochemical Production of the Siberian Chemical Plant
1 Seversk Biophysical Research Center, Seversk, Russia
2 Siberian State Medical University, Tomsk, Russia
3 Siberian Federal Scientific Clinical Center, Seversk, Russia
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ABSTRACT
Introduction: Professional contact with uranium, which is the main raw material element in nuclear power, creates a risk of adverse effects for personnel in contact with it.
In order to study the effects of uranium compounds on the body of personnel at nuclear facilities, it is necessary to create cohorts of people engaged in work with this radionuclide.
Objective of the study: To form and describe a cohort of radiochemical production personnel of the Siberian Chemical Plant involved in work with uranium in the period 1953–2000.
Material and methods: The cohort was formed on the basis of information from the regional medical and dosimetric register, which contains information on all current and former employees of the Siberian Chemical Plant (about 65,000 people).
Results: A cohort of workers in the radiochemical production of the Siberian Chemical Plant who worked with uranium compounds in the period 1953–2000 was created and characterized. The cohort included 205 people (151 men and 54 women). Medical and dosimetric information about the individuals included in the cohort was entered into the created database of the personnel of the Siberian Chemical Plant involved in working with uranium compounds in the period 1953–2000.
Conclusion: The formed cohort of workers in the radiochemical production of the Siberian Chemical Plant will allow studying the stochastic effects of uranium exposure on the body of workers who come into contact with uranium compounds as part of their professional activities (in particular, cancer incidence and mortality) and making scientifically substantiated conclusions regarding the role of this radionuclide in the occurrence of socially significant non-communicable diseases, primarily malignant neoplasms.
Keywords: uranium compounds, personnel of radiochemical production, occupation diseases
For citation: Kalinkin DE, Milto IV, Smaglii LV, Gorina GV, Litvinova OV, Samoilova YuA, Avkhimenko VА, Takhauov RM. Characteristics of the Uranium Cohort of Personnel of the Radiochemical Production of the Siberian Chemical Plant. Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2025;70(2):71–74. (In Russian). DOI:10.33266/1024-6177-2025-70-2-71-74
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Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Financing. The research was carried out within the framework of the state assignment, the research topic is ‟Assessment of the radiation situation and the state of health of the personnel of the Siberian Chemical Plant involved in working with uranium compounds”.
Contribution. Research concept and design: Kalinkin D.E., Avkhimenko V.A., Takhauov R.M.; data collection: Samoilova Yu.A., Gorina G.V., Litvinova O.V.; analysis and interpretation of results: Kalinkin D.E., Smaglii L.V.; literature review: Kalinkin D.E.; preparation of draft manuscript: Kalinkin D.E., Milto I.V. All the authors reviewed the results and approved the final version of the manuscript.
Article received: 20.12.2024. Accepted for publication: 25.01.2025.