jQuery UI Dialog – Animation Background The EU-OPERRA SHAMISEN project started in December 2015, with the goal of producing a set of recommendations that would contribute to health surveillance and related communication with affected populations after nuclear accidents. Experience suggested that this was an area that had not been sufficiently addressed in current accident response…
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Fukushima, six years later: consequences and lessons. (in spanish) The nuclear accident did not cause radiation deaths, but the evacuation caused more than a thousand premature deaths.
Executive summaries of the Lessons Learned in ST1 and ST2 now available from here!
Elisabeth Cardis, head of the Radiation Program in CREAL, an allied ISGlobal centre, received on May 17 the diploma and medal “Chernobyl – 30 years” awarded by the A. Tsyb Medical Radiological Research Centre of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, for her personal contribution to the investigation and mitigation of the health consequences…
The Chernobyl accident in Ukraine, 30 years after The 26th of April 2016 marks the 30th anniversary of the accident in Unit 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, which resulted in a very large release of radionuclides which were deposited over a very wide area in the Northern Hemisphere, particularly in Europe…
Almost 30 years passed since the day of events at the Chernobyl NPP. This international conference will gather researchers in the fields of radiation biology and medicine, health care professionals, decision makers, as well as experts in radiation emergency and medical preparedness. The main aim of the conference is to analyse the 30-year experience of…
Fukushima accident – 5 years already ! 11 March 2016 marks the 5th anniversary of the triple catastrophe which marked the life of many residents of the Tohoku area of Eastern Japan: a magnitude 9 earthquake off the east coast of Japan, which generated a tsunami that severely damaged areas along the coast and resulted…
Exploring health effects of the Fukushima accident (video)
Thirty years after the Chernobyl catastrophe and five years after Fukushima, scientists have had a chance to quantify their impact. Read the full article: Fukushima And Chernobyl, Two Anniversaries For Measuring Damage