Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety, 2016, Vol. 61, No. 3. P. 24-29

Yu.G. Grigoriev

The First Weeks after the Chernobyl Accident (Personal Assessment)

A.I. Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center of FMBA, Moscow, Russia, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

ABSTRACT

April 26, 1986 a tragedy occurred: a reactor exploded at Chernobyl. It has been written quite a lot about this tragedy. Different estimates of this event are given, including opportunistic and absolutely not qualified. The article describes the situation in the first weeks after the accident, that is, that the author saw with his own eyes. The author himself was involved in the organization of treatment of irradiated patients in the hospital 6 and took part in the liquidation of the accident at the Chernobyl reactor disaster zone area, and 30-km zone.

Key words: nuclear accident, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, treatment of irradiated patients, the protection of emergency workers, measures for liquidation of the accident

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For citation: Grigoriev YuG. 30 Years of Chernobyl NPP Accident: Experience of Mitigation of Medical Consequences. Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2016;61(3):24-9. Russian.

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