Медицинская радиология и радиационная безопасность. 2013. Том 58. № 1. С. 36-42

RADIATION MEDICINE

V.Yu. Soloviev, A.V. Barabanova, A.Yu. Bushmanov, A.K. Guskova, L.A. Il’in

Review of the Medical Consequences of Radiation Accidents in the Former USSR Territory (Burnasyan FMBC of FMBA of Russia Register Data)

FSBE Burnasyan FMBC of the FMBA of Russia. Moscow, Russia, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Abstract

The paper sums up the information on radiation accidents resulted into clinically significant human exposure occured at the former USSR territory. For the period from 1949 to the present moment, at least 356 radiation accidents and incidents linked with 765 cases of the clinically significant human exposure have been registered. The exposed cohort includes 348 patients of acute radiation sickness including those aggravated with local radiation injuries. Also there were 407 victims suffered with local radiation injuries only. Totally, 71 radiation induced fatalities within first 3–4 months after the irradiation were observed. The attempt to classify all cases by the type of radiation accident dependently on the source of radiation and the kind of radiological or nuclear facility has been made.

Key words: radiation accident, medical consequences, acute radiation sickness, local radiation injuries, database