Mortality of populations potentially exposed to ionising radiation 1953–2010 in the closed city of Ozyorsk Southern Urals: a descriptive study

摘要

BackgroundThe city of Ozyorsk (Southern Urals) was created as a secret city in 1945 and is a closed city until today. It housed workers of the earliest and one of the country’s largest nuclear facilities. Workers of the nuclear reactors, radiochemical or reprocessing plants were exposed to high levels of ionising radiation in the early years of operation and possibly further exposed from inhalation of plutonium aerosols.