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             THE MONOGRAPHE CHORNOBYL CATASTROPHE

     The monographe Chornobyl catastrophe is the first  in  the  world
literature,  unique  encyclopaedic  dedicated  to numerous and various
aspects of the technogenic catastrophe which is considered to  be  the
hardest and of the largest scale in the human history.
     The monographe's authors are about 250 scientists and  engineers,
workers  of  the State establishments and specialists in many areas of
economics who posess extremely valuable experience  on  the  Chornobyl
catastrophe's   liquidation   and  elimination  of  the  catastrophe's
consequences. Since all the unique information is gathered in one book
and given by those who directly participated in the known events,  all
this brings for the reader a bright opportunity to penetrate the whole
panorama   of   the  Chornobyl's  problems. The  monographe
represents  information   received   from   reliable   sources   about
historiography   of   the  events,  social,  economic  and  ecological
consequences  (part  I)  and  medical  effects  (part   II)   of   the
accident.
     The part I describes:
     - modern  appreciation  of  causes  and  scale  of  the Chornobyl
catastrophe (estimation of conditions which caused  the  accident  and
its  following  development,  urgent technical post-accident measures,
information about the arrangement  and  management  of  the  works  on
elimination  of  social  and  economic  consequences  of the Chornobyl
catastrophe  (the  State  bodies'  activity  on  localization  of  the
catastrophe's  scale  and  elimination of the accident's consequences,
urg nt measures on protection of the suffered population,  social  and
economic  consequences of the Chornobyl catastrophe,  participation of
the world community in  limitation  of  the  accident's  consequences.
forming  of  the field of radioactive contamination (nature conditions
in the zone of the active catastrophe's influence, the main principles
of  the  territory  contamination  with radionuclides of the Chornobyl
fall-out,  radioecological situation on the contaminated areas in time
of  the pre-accident period,  geochemistry of the Chornobyl fall-out's
radionuclides,  biogeochemical   transformations   of   radionuclides,
biogeochemical destruction of the reactor's graphite).
     - ecological  and  biological  consequences  of   the   Chornobyl
catastrophe  (peculiarities  of biological effects of radiation of low
effectiveness,  biological effects of animals,  experimentally  proved
means  of  modification  of early and later radiobio ogical effects of
plants , the accident's influence on the process of biocoenosis).
     - analysis   of   effectiveness  of  measures  on  prevention  of
radioactive contamination  spreading  (analysis  of  effectiveness  of
nature protecting measures, measures on reduction of the radioactivity
migration  and  appreciation  of  these  measures,   esti   ation   of
effectiveness  of  works  on  dust  pressing,  agricultural aspects of
liquidation of the CNPP  accident's  consequences,  accomplishment  of
measures  as  for  protection  of  the  Pripiat  river's  waters  from
repeating  radioactive  contamination,  radioecolo  ical   monitoring,
problem  of  radioactive  substances  in  the  CNPP estrangement zone;
conceptual base of long-term  maintenance  of  the  CNPP  estrangement
zone).

     The part II represents:
     - factors of the Chornobyl catastrophe's influence on the  health
state  of  the  population  (irradiation  doses  received by people in
result of the accident at the  CNPP  and  their  share  in  the  whole
irradiation  of  all the sources of ionizing irradia ion;  irradiation
doses received by participants of the  catastrophe's  liquidation,  by
evacuated population,  people from the contaminated areas,  of thyroid
glands,  internal irradiation of  the  population;  chemical  factors;
agricultural works; social and psychological factors);
     - the health state of different groups of the population (medical
and  demographic  consequences;  health  of  those who participated in
liquidation of the Chornobyl  catastrophe's  effects,  health  of  the
evacuated  population,  inhabitants  of  contamina ed areas,  pregnant
women,  children and those babies who were  irradiated  being  in  the
foetus state, nestohastic effects of irradiation, stohastic effects of
irradiation,  oncology diseases and haemoplastisis,  changes caused by
hot particles, radioact ve risk and prognosis of consequences);
      - clinical aspects of the Chornobyl catastrophe (sharp radiation
sickness,  blood-creating  system,  endocrine system,  thyroid glands,
cerebrum,  nervous  system,   immune   system,   cytogenetic   system,
gepatogeliaric system, sexual system, organs of per eption, vegetative
distony,  special features of the child organism's reactions in  reply
on  influence  of  unfavourable  factors of the Chornobyl catastrophe,
blood-creating system of children,  respiratory  system  of  children,
digestive   system   of  children  special  features  of  reproductive
function's developing of those girls suffered radiation influence.
     - register  of  those who suffered from the Chornobyl catastrophe
(the National register of Ukraine,  groups of people  who  are  to  be
listed   in   the   National   register   of   Ukraine,  clinical  and
epidemiological register, specialized subregisters, addre sed clinical
examination of the population);
     - system of rendering of  medical  and  sanitary  assistance  for
those who suffered (medical assistance for the population who suffered
during the sharp period of the catastrophe,  arrangement and rendering
of first urgent medical and sanitary assis ance for those who suffered
during the  evacuation,  specialized  medical  assistance.  Scientific
centre  of  radiation medicine,  rehabilitation of those who suffered,
the most important aspects of complex medical and  sanitary  providing
for the people who uffered from the consequences of the CNPP accident.
     - antiradiation  protection  of  the  population  (principles  of
radiation   security,   criteria   of   the   decisions'   acceptance,
prophylactic  of  external  irradiation,  prophylactic   of   internal
irradiation,   radioprotectors,   decorporants,   enterosorbents,   mo
ificators of irradiation,  information spreading about  radiation  and
hygienic measures.
      The Chornobyl catastrophe is not the first but the  most  tragic
example  of nuclear accident.  As the tragedy happened,  all the world
must analyze the bitter experience and arrive to certain conclusions.
      From this point of view,  the monographe is the first attempt to
summarize wide experience of many  Ukrainian  scientific  institutions
which  from  the  first  days  became  direct participants of the CNPP
accident's  liquidation   and   elimination   of   the   catastrophe's
consequences.
     The book represents statistically reliable information  based  on
the   comparison   with  control  groups  of  observation.  There  was
accomplished large-scale analytic work on summarizing of the data.
     The system  of  the  material's  representing makes this material
intelligible not only for scientists,  but also  for  wide  circle  of
public readers who do not give up expressing their deep attention with
regard to the Chornobyl's  problems.
     As every author has certain own point of view as for the problems
which are enlightened in the monographe,  their opinions sometimes  do
not  coincide.  As all the problems brought to life with the Chornobyl
catastrophe,  are complicated and many-sided,  the  authors  have  not
avoided  some incompleteness and controversy,  while representing some
separate points.  That is why all the comments and suggestions will be
attentively and gratefully received by the authors.
     If you  take interest in our monographe and would like to acquire
one or more copies of the book at the price USD 119 per one copy,  you
are welcome to send your inquries by the address mentioned below.

2, Verkhniy Val, 254071, Kiev, Ukraine

Phone: (380-44) 417 3352
E-mail: inform@bmg.kiev.ua

Sincerely looking forward to your early reply.

Faithfully yours,

Boris Gershun,

General Director of the Editorial House "Export of Ukraine"