Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2016. Vol. 61. No. 3. P. 36-51

R.V. Arutyunyan, L.A. Bolshov, I.I. Linge, E.M. Melikhova, S.V. Panchenko

Lessons of Chernobyl and Fukushima and Actual Problems of Development of the System of Radiation Protection of the Population and Territories in Case of a Nuclear Power Plant Accident

Nuclear Safety Institute of the RAS. Moscow, Russia, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

CONTENTS 

Introduction

Lessons of the Chernobyl accident

Lessons of the Fukushima accident

Actual problems of development of the system of radiation protection of the population and territories

Key words: nuclear power plant, technological safety of nuclear reactors, emergency response, intervention criteria, radiation protection of population and territories, optimization of decision-making, Chernobyl accident, Fukushima accident

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For citation: Arutyunyan RV, Bolshov LA, linge II, Melikhova EM, Panchenko SV. Lessons of Chernobyl and Fukushima and Actual Problems of Development of the System of Radiation Protection of the Population and Territories in Case of a Nuclear Power Plant Accident. Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2016;61(3):36-51. Russian.

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