Health Physics Society Journal

October 2011, Volume 101, Number 4

Monument dedicated "To Those Who Protected the World from Nuclear Disaster" in front of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Reactor Unit 4.

CONTENTS

Special Issue–Radiation Monitoring and Radioecology Research in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone–25 Years after the Accident

EDITORIAL

Special Issue Introduction — Eduardo B. Farfán

PAPERS

Overview of the Cooperation between the Chernobyl Center's International Radioecology Laboratory in Slavutych, Ukraine, and U.S. Research Centers between 2000 and 2010 — Mikhail D. Bondarkov, Sergey P. Gaschak, Boris Ya. Oskolkov, Andrey M. Maksimenko, Eduardo B. Farfán, G. Timothy Jannik, and Elizabeth D. LaBone

Radiation Dose Assessment for the Biota of Terrestrial Ecosystems in the Shoreline Zone of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Cooling Pond — Boris Ya. Oskolkov, Mikhail D. Bondarkov, Sergey P. Gaschak, Andrey M. Maksimenko, Thomas G. Hinton, Daniel Coughlin, G. Timothy Jannik, and Eduardo B. Farfán

Vertical Migration of Radionuclides in the Vicinity of the Chernobyl Confinement Shelter — Mikhail D. Bondarkov, Viktor A. Zheltonozhsky, Maryna V. Zheltonozhskaya, Nadezhda V. Kulich, Andrey M. Maksimenko, Eduardo B. Farfán, G. Timothy Jannik, and James C. Marra

Assessment of the Radionuclide Composition of "Hot Particles" Sampled in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Fourth Reactor Unit — Mikhail D. Bondarkov, Viktor A. Zheltonozhsky, Maryna V. Zheltonozhskaya, Nadezhda V. Kulich, Andrey M. Maksimenko, Eduardo B. Farfán, G. Timothy Jannik, and James C. Marra

Effects of Ionizing Radiation on the Antioxidant System of Microscopic Fungi with Radioadaptive Properties Found in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone — Tatyana I. Tugay, Marina V. Zheltonozhskaya, Leonid V. Sadovnikov, Andrei V. Tugay, and Eduardo B. Farfán

Method for Simultaneous ⁹⁰Sr and ¹³⁷Cs In-Vivo Measurements of Small Animals and Other Environmental Media Developed for the Conditions of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone — Mikhail D. Bondarkov, Andrey M. Maksimenko, Sergey P. Gaschak, Viktor A. Zheltonozhsky, G. Timothy Jannik, and Eduardo B. Farfán

Chronic Irradiation of Scots Pine Trees (Pinus sylvestris) in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone: Dosimetry and Radiobiological Effects — Vasyl I. Yoschenko, Valery A. Kashparov, Maxim D. Melnychuk, Svjatoslav E. Levchuk, Yulia O. Bondar, Mykola Lazarev, Maria I. Yoschenko, Eduardo B. Farfán, and G. Timothy Jannik

Frequency Distributions of ⁹⁰Sr and ¹³⁷Cs Concentrations in an Ecosystem of the "Red Forest" Area in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone — Sergey P. Gaschak, Yulia A. Maklyuk, Andrey M. Maksimenko, Mikhail D. Bondarkov, Igor Chizhevsky, Eric F. Caldwell, G. Timothy Jannik, and Eduardo B. Farfán

Radiation Ecology Issues Associated with Murine Rodents and Shrews in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone — Sergey P. Gaschak, Yulia A. Maklyuk, Andrey M. Maksimenko, Mikhail D. Bondarkov, G. Timothy Jannik, and Eduardo B. Farfán

Radioactive Waste Management in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone: 25 Years Since the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Accident — Boris Y. Oskolkov, Mikhail D. Bondarkov, Lubov I. Zinkevich, Nikolai I. Proskura, Eduardo B. Farfán, and G. Timothy Jannik

Environmental Radiation Monitoring in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone–History and Results 25 Years After — Mikhail D. Bondarkov, Boris Ya. Oskolkov, Sergey P. Gaschak, Sergey I. Kireev, Andrey M. Maksimenko, Nikolai I. Proskura, G. Timothy Jannik, and Eduardo B. Farfán

ERRATUM

Pooled Bayesian Analysis of Twenty-Eight Studies on Radon Induced Lung Cancers: Erratum

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