Re[2]: Chernobyl

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     The Chernobyl Accident and its Consequences UKAEA 1988 ISBN 
     085356216-4 also Radiological Consequences of the Chernobyl Accident 
     1996 OP-EUR/16544 ISBN 92-827-5248-8 Published by European Commision


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Subject: Re: Chernobyl
Author:  radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu at Internet
Date:    5/18/98 9:45 AM


At 13:15 14.05.98 -0500, you wrote:
>Does anyone know of any reliable summary data for Chernobyl?  For 
>instance,  how many total curies were released,  how many square miles 
>have been contaminated,  what's the maximum distance of contamination, 
>what is the contamination levels in pCi/g of soil at selected distances 
>from the plant?  For the sake of this discussion lets define 
>"contamination" as anything above typical risk-dose-based US cleanup 
>standards.
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Phil,
     
The IAEA has published in 1991 a very comprehensive "Technical Report" with 
the title "The International Chernobyl Project", Assessment of radiological 
consequences and evaluation of protective measures, Report by an 
International Advisory Committee. The ISBN is 92-0-129191-4. There is also 
"An Overview" of this project available, ISBN 92-0-129091-8. If more 
information is needed, please contact me.
     
There was a conference about "10 Years Chernobyl" organized by the IAEA and 
there have been proceedings published as far as I remember. 
     
I think that these two publications are the most reliable ones.
     
Franz
     
     
Franz Schoenhofer
Federal Institute for Food Control and Research 
Department for Radiochemistry and Radioactivity of Food 
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