“…By the beginning of the XXI century, all these elements combined had changed the outlook of the RPCM fundamentally, and now the code concepts are the following: (1) nonlinearity and disequilibrium caused by exposure to high-intensity radiation with a wide energy spectrum; (2) materials which structure is more important in the radiation response than their physico-chemical properties; (3) the emergence of a general theoretical concept -"COMPLEXITY", which is the brainchild of synergetics. Now it has become the most powerful approach in the study of "complex systems" [1][2][3][4].Such a metamorphosis has covered most of the areas of the RPCM, including various aspects of radiation degradation of materials and devices based on them, including biological objects (see, for example [1][2][3]). The purpose of this work is to consider (in brief) a number of new features in the radiation problems that are important for both inanimate and living nature.…”