Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2024. Vol. 69. № 5
DOI:10.33266/1024-6177-2024-69-5-5-14
A.V. Akleyev1, 2,T.V. Azizova3, S.A. Ivanov4, S.M. Kiselev5, E.M. Melikhova6,
S.V. Fesenko7, S.M. Shinkarev5
Results of the 71st Session of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of the Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) (Vienna, 20‒24 May, 2024)
1 Urals Research Center for Radiation Medicine, Chelyabinsk, Russia
2 Chelyabinsk State University, Chelyabinsk, Russia
3 Southern Urals Biophysics Institute, Ozyorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
4 А.F. Tsyb Medical Radiological Research Centre, Obninsk, Kaluga region, Russia
5 A.I. Burnazyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center, Moscow, Russia
6 Nuclear Safety Institute, Moscow, Russia
7 Russian Institute of Radiology and Agroecology, Obninsk, Kaluga region, Russia
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ABSTRACT
The paper presents the key outcomes of the 71st Session of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation
(UNSCEAR) which took place during 20‒24 May 2024. National delegations from 30 UNSCEAR Member-states as well as the representatives of ten international organizations participated in the work of the Session. Within the framework of the meetings of the working group and subgroups the documents on the following projects were discussed: R.762 “Second primary cancer after radiotherapy”, R.763 “Evaluation of public exposures to ionizing radiation from natural and other sources”, R.764 “Epidemiological studies of radiation and cancer”, R.765 “Evaluation of diseases of the circulatory system from radiation exposure”, and R.766 “Nervous system effects of ionizing radiation”. The following Reports of the Secretariat have also been presented during the work of the Session: UNSCEAR/71/7 “Implementation of the Strategy to improve collection, analysis and dissemination of data on radiation exposure (including consideration of the Committee’s ad hoc working group on sources and exposure)”, UNSCEAR/71/8 “Implementation of the Committee’s Future Programme of Work and proposals for the period 2025-2029 (including consideration of the Committee’s ad hoc working group on effects and mechanisms)”, UNSCEAR/71/9
Implementation of public information and outreach strategy for 2025–2029”. Report to the UN General Assembly has been prepared based on the results of the Session.
Keywords: UNSCEAR 71st, Session, public exposure, dose, cancer, second primary cancer, circulatory system, nervous system
For citation: Akleyev AV,Azizova TV, Ivanov SA, Kiselev SM, Melikhova EM, Fesenko SV, Shinkarev SM. Results of the 71st Session of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of the Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) (Vienna, 20‒24 May, 2024). Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2024;69(5):5–14. (In Russian). DOI:10.33266/1024-6177-2024-69-5-5-14
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Article received: 20.05.2024. Accepted for publication: 25.06.2024.