CHERNOBYL DISASTER AND IMPACT ON A GLOBAL SCALE
Keywords:
Chernobyl disaster, global disastersAbstract
The biggest nuclear disaster that happened in the world is the Chernobyl disaster. In the history of mankind, this accident is the most significant nuclear accident, whose consequences are large-scale. Not knowing the characteristics of the plant and the technological process and a large number of human errors can be presented as the key reason for the tragedy. The released radioactivity that led to the wide spread of radioactive substances manifested itself through external irradiation in the air and soil and internal irradiation resulting from the consumption of contaminated food and water. The dose that residents from this territory and beyond received depends on the place where they lived in the power plant vicinity, as well as the evacuated time. This accident is characterized as the highest level of nuclear events.
References
Albrecht H. (1987). Radioactivity Emission of the Chernobyl Accident in Comparison with the Results of the SASCHA Program. Radiochimica Acta, 41, 141-143.
Bazyka, D., Gudzenko, N., Dyagil, I., Ilienko, I., Belyi, D., Chumak, V., Prysyazhnyuk A., & Bakhanova, E. (2019). Cancers after Chornobyl: From Epidemiology to Molecular Quantification. Cancers, 11, 1291.
Beresford, N.A., Fesenko, S., Konoplev, A., Skuterud, L., Smith, J.T., &Voigt, G. (2016). Thirty years after the Chernobyl accident: What lessons have we learnt? Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 157, 77–89.
Bogojević S. (2009). Određivanje sadržaja transuranskih elemenata i njihovih potomaka u uzorcima iz životne sredine merenjem alfa, gama i karakteristićnog X-zračenja. [Doktorska disertacija, PMF Beograd, Fakultet za fizičku hemiju].
Bondarenko, V., Geraṡkin, S., Bondarenko, E., Yoschenko, V., Bondarenko, S., Khanova, A., Garbaruk, D., & Nanba, K. (2023). Comparative analysis of epigenetic variability in two pine species exposed to chronic radiation in the Chernobyl and Fukushima affected zones. Environmental Pollution, 330, 121799.
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant sarcophagus (2023, 22 November). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_Nuclear_Power_Plant_sarcophagus
Gill, V. (2022, 25 February). Chernobyl: Why radiation levels spiked at nuclear plant. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60528828
Hawkes, N., Lean, G., Leihh, D., Mc Kie, R., Pringle, P., & Wilson, A. (1986). Najgora nesreća na svetu, Černobil-kraj nuklearnog sna. Globus/Zagreb.
Holiaka, D., Fesenko, S., Kashparov, V., Protsak, V., Levchuk, S., & Holiaka, M. (2020). Effects of radiation on radial growth of Scots pine in areas highly affected by the Chernobyl accident. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 222, 106320.
Jovanović, M. (1989). Biomedicinski i sociološki značaj akcidentalnog ozračenja ljudi. Vojnoizdavački i novinski centar, Beograd.
Kotilainen, A. T., Kotilainen, M. M., Vartti, V. -P., Hutri, K. -L., & Virtasalo, J. J. (2021). Chernobyl still with us: 137Caesium activity contents in seabed sediments from the Gulf of Bothnia, northern Baltic Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 172, 112924.
Mietelski, J. W., Mroz, T., Brudecki, K., Janowski, P., & Dziedzic, B. (2022). On a risk of inhalation exposure during visits in Chernobyl exclusion zone. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 251-252, 106972.
Pantelić, G. (2016). Černobilj 30 godina posle. Društvo za zaštitu od zračenja Srbije i Crne Gore, Beograd.
Popović, D., & Spasić-Jokić, V. (2006). Posledice nuklearne nesreće u Černobilu na teritoriji Srbije. Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 63(5), 481–487.
Roth, A. (2020, 6 April). 'Bad news': radiation 16 times above normal after forest fire near Chernobyl. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/06/bad-news-radiation-spikes-16-times-above-normal-after-forest-fire-near-chernobyl
Smailyte, G. Kaceniene, A. Steponaviciene, R., & Kesminiene, A. (2021). Lithuanian cohort of Chernobyl cleanup workers: Cancer incidence follow-up 1986–2012. Cancer Epidemiology, 74, 102015.
Таlerko, M., Коvalets, I., Lev, Т., Igarashi, Y., & Romanenko, O. (2021). Simulation study of radionuclide atmospheric transport after wildland fires in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in April 2020. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 12, 380–391.
Zaitsev, A. S., Gongalsky, K. B., Nakamori, T., & Kaneko, N. (2014). Ionizing radiation effects on soil biota: Application of lessons learned from Chernobyl accident for radioecological monitoring. Pedobiologia, 57, 5–17.
