Radiation hygienic monitoring at legacy nuclear and uranium sites

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Studies to enhance radiation and health monitoring at legacy sites are relevant and fall in the responsibilities of FMBA of Russia, which provides medical and health-care support to employees of enterprises under the State Corporation Rosatom, as well as the population living near these enterprises. The paper reviews data of long-term radiation and health monitoring (2005-2016) at nuclear and uranium legacy sites in Russia and the Central Asia countries, the methodical guidance of which was performed by State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation — A.I. Burnazyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center. The experience gained during the research allowed us identify the actual areas for the further work: the need for a comprehensive study to assess all significant risk factors to be evaluated; unification of collection and collation of radio-ecological data; improvement of the radiation protection system, taking into account international recommendations and methodological approaches to assessing the health conditions of the population.

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Natalya K. Shandala

A.I. Burnazyan Federal Medical Biophysical Centre

Author for correspondence.
Email: Shandala-fmbc@bk.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1290-3082

MD, PhD, DSci., Deputy General Director for Science and Biophysics Technologies of the State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation — A.I. Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center, Moscow, 123182, Russian Federation.

e-mail: Shandala-fmbc@bk.ru

Russian Federation

S. M. Kiselev

A.I. Burnazyan Federal Medical Biophysical Centre

Email: noemail@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2613-2293
Russian Federation

A. V. Titov

A.I. Burnazyan Federal Medical Biophysical Centre

Email: noemail@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3797-2677
Russian Federation

I. P. Korenkov

A.I. Burnazyan Federal Medical Biophysical Centre

Email: noemail@neicon.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3879-1245
Russian Federation

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