- •FOREWORD
- •CONTENTS
- •OPENING SESSION
- •METHOD OF WORK OF THE FORUM
- •BASIS FOR FORUM ASSESSMENT
- •ABSTRACT
- •1. INTRODUCTION
- •2. RELEASES
- •3. CONTAMINATION
- •4. COUNTERMEASURES
- •5. HUMAN EXPOSURE LEVELS
- •7. ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF THE DISMANTLING OF THE CHERNOBYL SHELTER AND RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
- •8. GENERIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH, REMEDIATION AND MONITORING
- •ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- •REFERENCES
- •ABSTRACT
- •1. INTRODUCTION
- •2. METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN INTERPRETING REPORTS OF HEALTH EFFECTS AFTER CHERNOBYL
- •3. RADIATION DOSES FROM THE ACCIDENT
- •4. THYROID DISEASE
- •5. LEUKAEMIA
- •6. SOLID CANCERS OTHER THAN THYROID CANCER
- •8. CONCLUSIONS
- •REFERENCES
- •ABSTRACT
- •1. INTRODUCTION
- •2. CATARACTS
- •3. CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
- •4. CYTOGENETIC MARKERS
- •5. IMMUNOLOGICAL EFFECTS
- •6. HERITABLE, REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS AND CHILDREN’S HEALTH
- •7. PSYCHOLOGICAL MENTAL AND NERVOUS SYSTEM EFFECTS
- •8. MORTALITY DUE TO THE ACCIDENT
- •9. MEDICAL PROGRAMMES AND MEDICAL MONITORING
- •10. CONCLUSION
- •REFERENCES
- •DISCUSSION
- •1. BASELINE CONDITIONS
- •2. LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
- •3. THE VICIOUS CIRCLE OF IRREVOCABLE COMMITMENTS AND INADEQUATE MEANS
- •4. SQUARING THE CIRCLE: REVISING THE PARADIGM
- •5. DE-ZONING
- •6. THE NEED FOR FAIR INFORMATION
- •7. REVISING OTHER LEGISLATION
- •8. REDESIGNING FINANCIAL TRANSFERS FOR INDIVIDUALS
- •9. REDESIGNING FINANCIAL TRANSFERS FOR LOCAL ADMINISTRATION
- •10. DONOR COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE TOWARDS SQUARING THE CIRCLE
- •1. CONTEXT
- •2. THE UNDP SOLUTION
- •3. ABD: APPROACH TO SUCCESS
- •4. HOW DOES ABD WORK?
- •6. LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
- •1. BACKGROUND
- •2. CORE PROGRAMME
- •3. RESULTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
- •4. UNDP ROLE
- •DISCUSSION
- •CLOSING SESSION
- •GENERAL DISCUSSION
- •CHAIRPERSON’S CLOSING COMMENTS
- •CHAIRPERSONS OF SESSIONS
- •PRESIDENT OF THE CONFERENCE
- •SECRETARIAT OF THE CONFERENCE
- •LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
- •AUTHOR INDEX
CONTENTS |
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OPENING SESSION |
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Opening address: The enduring lessons of Chernobyl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
3 |
M. ElBaradei |
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Opening address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
9 |
V. Tsalko |
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Opening address: Long term consequences of the Chernobyl catastrophe |
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and remediation programmes in the Russian Federation . . . . . . . . . . |
13 |
N. Gerasimova |
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Opening address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
17 |
T.V. Amosova |
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Opening address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
25 |
T. Taniguchi |
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Opening address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
31 |
M. Danzon |
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Opening address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
35 |
K. Mizsei |
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ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF THE |
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CHERNOBYLACCIDENT (Session 1) |
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Chairperson’s introductory remarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
43 |
B.G. Bennett |
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Environmental consequences of the Chernobyl accident |
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and their remediation: 20 years of experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
47 |
L.R. Anspaugh |
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Cancer effects of the Chernobyl accident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
77 |
E. Cardis |
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Non-cancer health effects of the Chernobyl accident |
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and special health care programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
103 |
F.A. Mettler |
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PANEL DISCUSSION: RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CHERNOBYL FORUM ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH ISSUES
Introductory remarks of the Panellists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
A.J. González
Introductory remarks of the Panellists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
M. Repacholi
Introductory remarks of the Panellists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
B.G. Bennett
Introductory remarks of the Panellists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Yu. Izrael
Introductory remarks of the Panellists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
J. Repussard
Introductory remarks of the Panellists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Y. Kenigsberg
Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
CHERNOBYL: THE WAY FORWARD (Session 2)
Introductory remarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
K. Mizsei
Making sense of science: Meeting the public’s information needs . . . . . . . 145
I. Abalkina
Enhancing Chernobyl policies to promote development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
J. Osiatyński
Reviving self-reliance: Community-driven development
in Chernobyl regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
O. Leshchenko
UNDP Chernobyl Recovery and Development Programme
in the Borodyanka District of the Kiev region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
D. Petrushenko
Youth projects in Zamglay village in the Ripkynsky district
of the Chernihiv region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
N. Nason
Towards a new approach for the rehabilitation of living conditions
in the contaminated areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Z. Trafimchik
Summary of session and closing comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
K. Mizsei
CLOSING SESSION
General discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Chairperson’s closing comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
B.G. Bennett
Chairpersons of Sessions, President of the Conference
and Secretariat of the Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
List of Participants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Author Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246