Experience in Organization of Urgent Medical Care in Large-Scale Accident Conditions at Nuclear Power Stations
Abstract
On the eve of the third millennium the post industrial civilization is turning into a high risk society. A growing number of man caused accidents and natural disasters have made the biospheric influence on man more aggressive. Today we cannot totally exclude emergency situations connected with possible nuclear power accidents on every level of the nuclear fuel cycle, when recycling nuclear ammunition and weaponized plutonium as well as many other cases. Combined with adverse ecological and hygienic effects accidents of this kind may result in negative medical consequences of radiation exposure. According to a wide-spread opinion the 20th century has been the most civilized and humane. However, the century is charactered by a growing trend of both man caused and natural emergencies including radiation. According to the MAGATE information system concerning nuclear reactors 432 reactors operate in 30 countries (approximately 340 Gwt) which is 17% of the worldwide electricity production level. The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster with its long-term medico-biological, ecological, economic and social consequences caused a situation close to an ecological catastrophe of a global level.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 2001
- Accession Number
- ADP010950
Entities
People
- V. Bebeshko
Organizations
- National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine