Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2025. Vol. 70. № 3
DOI:10.33266/1024-6177-2025-70-3-48-53
V.I. Arkhipova, A.M. Lyaginskaya, O.V. Parinov, E.G. Metlyaev, A.S. Samoylov
The Current State and Problems of Health Protection
of Women Working in Conditions of Radiation Hazard
A.I. Burnazyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center, Moscow, Russia
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ABSTRACT
Relevance: In the existing international radiation safety system (ICRP) and in national RSS - 99/2009, the main principle of protection is the exclusion of tissue and reduction of stochastic effects to an acceptable level. Particular attention is paid to the protection of the gonads, including for the purpose of protecting future generations. When calculating the risk and harm of cancer and hereditary diseases, coefficients with gender averaging are used, but it is recognized that there are significant differences in the values of radiation risk between men and women.
Purpose: To analyze the current state and problems of protecting the health of women working in radiation hazardous conditions.
Results: The analysis of the presented data on the current state of protection of the women’s health system aimed at protecting the unborn child does not fully meet the effectiveness of protecting the health of women working in high-tech production of new types of nuclear fuel and does not fully take into account new knowledge about non-chromosomal mutations as the second hereditary structure of the female body, which leads to the obvious conclusion: further study of the health parameters of workers in radiation hazardous industries and further improvement of measures to protect women’s health are required.
Keywords: radiation safety, women’s health, mitochondrial inheritance, radiation protection, gonads, genetics
For citation: Arkhipova VI, Lyaginskaya AM, Parinov OV, Metlyaev EG, Samoylov AS. The Current State and Problems of Health Protection of Women Working in Conditions of Radiation Hazard. Medical Radiology and Radiation Safety. 2025;70(3):48–53. (In Russian). DOI:10.33266/1024-6177-2025-70-3-48-53
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Article received: 20.02.2025. Accepted for publication: 25.03.2025.