Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2020. Vol. 65. No. 3. P. 31–39

A.M. Lyaginskaya, N.K. Shandala, S.M. Kiselev, A.P. Ermalitsky, D.V. Isaev, V.V. Kuptsov

Examination of the Health Status of the Population in the Vicinity of the Nerpa Shipyard Involved in the Decommission and Dismantlement of the Nuclear Legacy Facility – FTB Lepse

A.I. Burnasyan Medical Biophysical Center, Moscow, Russia, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Abstract

Purpose: Purpose of this report is to assess the health status of the residents of the town of Snezhnogorsk, located in the impact area of the shipyard (SRZ Nerpa) involved in the decommission and dismantlement of the floating technical base Lepse (PTB Lepse).

Material and method: The following parameters were assessed as public health indicators: total primary and chronic primary morbidity of adult and children population, child disability, reproductive health in terms of the status of pregnant women and newborns, general and child mortality. Annual external radiation background values were evaluated along with contents in soil and water of manmade radionuclides, such as ¹³⁷Cs and ⁹⁰Sr, and natural ones, such as ²²⁶Ra, ²²³Th, ⁴⁰K and ²³⁵U.

Results: The health of the population of the town of Snezhnogorsk, being measured by incidence indicators and reproductive health, is lower than that in the country as a whole: the adult morbidity (667.7 ± 4.2 and 454.2 ± 19.8 per 1000 residents respectively) and child morbidity (3336.2 and 2052.3 ± 194.4 per 1000 residents respectively) is higher; the frequency of adverse pregnancy outcomes (stillbirth, early neonatal fetal death, spontaneous abortions) is also higher – 86.2 ± 18.4 and 46.6 per 1000 residents respectively.

Conclusion: The main causes of the negative impact on the health of the population of the town of Snezhnogorsk are climatic and geographical conditions of the Kola Arctic and the presence of medium-light iodine deficiency (goiter endemia).

Key words: population, Snezhnogorsk, NWC SevRAO, public and occupational doses, morbidity, reproductive health, mortality

For citation: Lyaginskaya AM, Shandala NK, Kiselev SM, Ermalitsky AP, Isaev DV, Kuptsov VV. Examination of the Health Status of the Population in the Vicinity of the Nerpa Shipyard Involved in the Decommission and Dismantlement of the Nuclear Legacy Facility – FTB Lepse. Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2020;65(3):31-9. (In Russ.).

DOI: 10.12737/1024-6177-2020-65-3-31-39

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Article received: 25.04.2019.

Accepted for publication: 24.06.2020.