Chronic Radiation Sickness Among Techa Riverside Residents

摘要

This report was prepared at the Urals Research Center for Radiation Medicine,Chelyabinsk, Russia, under a contractual agreement with the Defense Nuclear Agency (DNAOOl-95-C-0156) and presents a further summary of research data on the deterministic effects in the population exposed to radiation from discharges of radioactive wastes by the Mayak radiochemical facility into the river Techa in the Urals. The first report, Analysis of Chronic Radiation Sickness Cases in the Population of the Southern Urals, was published by the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland (Contract Report 94-1) and provided the exposure conditions, exposure dose assessment, clinical picture of chronic radiation sickness diagnosed in 940 exposed residents, and differential diagnoses of the disease. This report summarizes the data on the dynamics of chronic radiation sickness, analyzes the processes of restoration of disrupted functions, and describes the outcomes of long-term effects.