The Global Impact of the Chernobyl Reactor Accident

Anspaugh, L.R.; Catlin, R.J.; Goldman, Marvin

doi:10.1126/science.3201240

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“…: +44 177 3442314; fax: +44 117 3442904. Neil.Willey@uwe.ac.uk (N. Willey). radioactive contamination (Anspaug et al, 1988;Kashparov et al, 1999). 90 Sr-contaminated land also occurs at some nuclear test sites (e.g.…”

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A phylogenetic effect on strontium concentrations in angiosperms

Willey

Fawcett

2006

Environmental and Experimental Botany

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A Residual Maximum Likelihood (REML) procedure was used to compile Sr concentrations in 103 plant species from experiments with Sr concentrations in 66 plant species from the literature. There were 14 species in common between experiments and the literature. The REML procedure log e -transformed data and removed absolute differences in Sr concentrations arising from soil factors and exposure times to estimate mean relative Sr concentrations for 155 species. One hundred and forty-two species formed a group with a normal frequency distribution in mean relative Sr concentration. A nested hierarchical analysis of variance (ANOVA) based on the most recent molecular phylogeny of the angiosperms showed that plant species do not behave independently for Sr concentration but that there is a significant phylogenetic effect on mean relative Sr concentrations. Concentrations of Sr in non-Eudicots were significantly less than in Eudicots and there were significant effects on Sr concentrations in the dataset down the phylogenetic hierarchy to the family level. Of the orders in the dataset the Cucurbitales, Lamiales, Saxifragales and Ranunculales had particularly high Sr concentrations and the Liliales, Poales, Myrtales and Fabales particularly low Sr concentrations. Mean relative Sr concentrations in 60 plant species correlated with those reported elsewhere for Ca in the same species, and the frequency distribution and some phylogenetic effects on Sr concentration in plants were similar to those reported for Ca. This analysis of mean relative Sr concentrations in 155 plant species across the angiosperm phylogeny might be helpful for modelling 90 Sr in food chains, predicting radiological doses to flora, and selecting species for phytomonitoring and phytoremediation of 90 Sr.

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A phylogenetic effect on strontium concentrations in angiosperms

Willey

Fawcett

2006

Environmental and Experimental Botany

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“…Detailed descriptions of the event and some of its health implications have been reported (1)(2)(3). A unique demographic aspect of this event is the recent immigration to Israel of a great number of individuals who were employed as clean-up workers (liquidators) or who lived in the vicinity of the damaged power plant.…”

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Ultramorphological sperm characteristics in the risk assessment of health effects after radiation exposure among salvage workers in Chernobyl.

Fischbein

Zabludovsky

Eltes

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Environ Health Perspect

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We present a pilot study of individuals (liquidators) who were engaged in clean-up operations after the disaster at the nuclear power plant at Chernobyl in Ukraine. In the 10 years since the disaster, adverse health effects among exposed individuals have not been clearly defined. There is widespread fear of damage to the reproductive system, with implications for fertility problems and adverse effects on offspring. Bearing this in mind, methods to evaluate the potential for production of fertile semen have been applied using quantitative ultramorphological (QUM) analysis. QUM analysis examines the organization and integrity of sperm organelles by electron microscopy, using both transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Significant differences were observed between clean-up workers and controls of similar age regarding certain ultramorphological parameters of the sperm head. The results of this pilot study suggest that QUM analysis of human sperm is a feasible approach for evaluating the fertility potential of individuals who were exposed to ionizing radiation from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident.

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“…These techniques have been found to have wide application. For example, following the Chernobyl event, it was possible to infer doses over very broad areas with the knowledge of the relative mixture of radionuclides released and either the deposition density of one or more radionuclides or the measured external gammaexposure rate from radionuclides deposited on the ground (Anspaugh et al 1988;UNSCEAR 1988).…”

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Anspaugh

2000

Nuclear Physical Methods in Radioecological Investigations of Nuclear Test Sites

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The Global Impact of the Chernobyl Reactor Accident

Cited by 210 publications

References 12 publications

A phylogenetic effect on strontium concentrations in angiosperms

A phylogenetic effect on strontium concentrations in angiosperms

Ultramorphological sperm characteristics in the risk assessment of health effects after radiation exposure among salvage workers in Chernobyl.

Technical Basis of Dose Reconstruction

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