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International conference "Ten years after the Chernobyl catastrophe"

AuteurUNESCO
Datumoktober 1996
Classificatie 2.34.8.10/82 (TSJERNOBYL - ONGELUK & OMGEVING - ALGEMEEN)
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Uit de publicatie:

WELCOMING ADDRESS

P.J. Coughtrey

General Secretary International Union of Radioecology
c/o LG Mouchel & Partners Ltd, West Hall,
Parvis Road W. Byfleet, KT14 6EZ, UK

Introduction
It is with great regret that I am unable to join with my many friends and colleagues 
in attending this important event in the history of post-Chernobyl scientific research. 
My presentation consists of three parts. First a brief summary of events following 
the Chernobyl accident from the radioecological perspective, based on the results 
of work reported at Minsk in March 1996 within the context of the European Union's 
Experimental Collaborative Projects (ECPs) and Joint Study Projects (JSPs), and on 
the social and health aspects reported at IAEA in April1996. Secondly a summary 
of activities undertaken by the International Union of Radioecology (UIR) over the 
period 1986-1996 as relevant to your discussions and conclusions during this meet. 
Finally a personal view point on some radioecological 'lessons' that have been learnt 
during the last ten years.

THE ACCIDENT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
Radioactivity released by the explosion and the ensuing fires at Chernobyl in 1986 
was dispersed locally, regionally and globally. It took some two to three years before 
reliable information on the local environmental consequences became available to 
western scientists via visits to the affected regions, but it was not until the collapse 
of the former Soviet Union in late 1989 that a clear and comprehensive account began 
to emerge. Before 1991 it was difficult to address the likely health consequences to 
the general population and even today there are uncertainties on this matter except 
for the specific case of thyroid cancer in children.

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