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Chernobyl - What Have We Learned?

The Successes and Failures to Mitigate Water Contamination Over 20 Years

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Editors:
  1. Yasuo Onishi

    1. Washington State University, Richland, USA

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  2. Oleg V. Voitsekhovich

    1. Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute, Kiev, Ukraine

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  3. Mark J. Zheleznyak

    1. Ukrainian Center of Environmental and Water Projects, Kiev, Ukraine

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  • Of timely importance in today's world
  • Useful not only to researchers but to emergency planners faced with possible terrorist actions
  • A comprehensive 20-year study
  • Will appeal to an international audience

Part of the book series: Environmental Pollution (EPOL, volume 12)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Soviet-Built Nuclear Plants and Their Safety

    • Yasuo Onishi, Oleg V. Voitsekhovich, Mark J. Zheleznyak
    Pages 1-7

  3. The Chernobyl Accident and Its Aquatic Impacts on the Surrounding Area

    • Oleg V. Voitsekhovich, Vladimir Kanivets, Yasuo Onishi
    Pages 9-47

  4. Radioecological Aspects of Water Use

    • O. V. Voitsekhovich, G. Perepelyatnikov, O. Nasvit, V. Klenus, V. Belyaev, O. Volkova et al.
    Pages 49-85

  5. Population Dose Estimate Due to Aquatic Pathways

    • Vladimir Berkovskiy, Oleg V. Voitsekhovich
    Pages 87-107

  6. Radiation Risk Assessment and Countermeasure Justification

    • I. P. Los’y, I. Segeda, K. Shepelevich, O. V. Voitsekhovich, Yasuo Onishi
    Pages 109-140

  7. Management of the Fresh Water Environment in the Chernobyl Affected Area

    • Oleg V. Voitsekhovich, Yasuo Onishi
    Pages 141-201

  8. Water Protection Measures for Radioactive Groundwater Contamination in the CEZ

    • D. A. Bugai, A. S. Skalskiy, S. P. Dzhepo
    Pages 203-245

  9. Where Do We Go from Here? Construction of the New Safe Confinement

    • Yasuo Onishi, Mark J. Zheleznyak, Oleg V. Voitsekhovich
    Pages 247-278

  10. Summary and Conclusions

    • Yasuo Onishi, Oleg V. Voitsekhovich, Mark J. Zheleznyak
    Pages 279-286

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 287-289
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Twenty years ago, on April 26, 1986, Unit 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant experienced a nuclear reactor accident and released six times more radionuclides into the atmosphere than the Hiroshima atomic bomb. The accident significantly damaged the environment and is expected to result in as many as 4000 deaths due to leukemia and other cancers. The cause of the accident was specific to a particular Soviet-built reactor; but the environmental and human consequences are applicable to Western nuclear plant accidents. Contrary to public perception, the former Soviet Union did what they could to protect the public from the Chernobyl accident within funding restrictions. They involved the highest level of political and scientific leaders and even conducted public surveys to identify concerns and fears. However, the secrecy with which the information was treated caused mistrust of the Chernobyl assessment and contributed to the widespread mental health problems associated with the accident. Some Chernobyl countermeasures were successful, but many were ineffective or made things worse. We hope that the details presented in this book may be useful for Western countries in preparing for possible accidents or potential terrorist attacks with nuclear or chemical agents. The assessment of the Chernobyl accident, its impacts, and its count- measures and remediation has been published widely in many Western nations, but much of the research is still known only in Ukraine and Russia.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Washington State University, Richland, USA

    Yasuo Onishi

  • Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute, Kiev, Ukraine

    Oleg V. Voitsekhovich

  • Ukrainian Center of Environmental and Water Projects, Kiev, Ukraine

    Mark J. Zheleznyak

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