Chernobyl: Impacts Of The Catastrophe

EESA01 TUT0007
Assignment 1, Annotated Bibliography

Seung Woo Jeong
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Chernobyl: Impacts of The Catastrophe

Abbott, P., Wallace, C., & Beck, M. (2007). Chernobyl: Living with Risk and
Uncertainty. Health, Risk & Society, 8(2), 105-121.

The researchers observed the living conditions, life style, and health of selected people from Chernobyl regions after the atomic power plant accident of Chernobyl in 1986. After the break-up of USSR, the support to the residents became variable. Therefore, researchers collected a number of essays and qualitative informants with national health experts and focused on six groups of participants from different countries affected
Up until 1989, USSR dealt with the disaster alone, but after the breakdown of USSR, organizations such as UN, WHO, IAEA, and etc. played major role in evaluating the health and environmental consequences of the accident. Groups of people was exposed to high radiation, and the suffered from acute radiation sickness. And residents were suffered psychologically due to fear of radiation exposure and stress from the evacuation. Increase of Mini-satellite instability (MSI) or abnormalities, which are genetic and birth consequences, were observed from the children born after the accident. Also, Leukemia has positive relationship with radiation exposure. For better response in the future nuclear power plant accident, accessibility to accurate consequences are essential for better response in the future nuclear power plant
The researchers collected data from the both exposed and unexposed groups people based on the variables of their hazard perception, and health variables. For all cognitive variables, obviously people from exposed area have higher concerns about the accident. The researchers also compared the scores of the effect on health after the exposure alone, and the score when cognitive factors are added. As the result, adding the cognitive variables reduced the effect on all health outcomes, which means that, hazard perception also partially influence the health outcome.

Yablokov, A. V. (2009). Chapter II. Nonmalignant Diseases after the Chernobyl
Catastrophe. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1181, 58-134.

The researcher explains a list of nonmalignant diseases caused by Chernobyl accident. He observed directly exposed groups of people, liquidators and residents of Belarus, Ukraine, and Russia. Nearly all of diseases of physiological system were observed, which can cause impairment or death. The frequency of occurrence of those diseases is significantly higher in the contaminated territories, and those diseases are not simply caused by socioeconomic and behavior stresses. Especially, the liquidators suffered from a dramatic increased occurrence of diseases of every organ group. Also public health of the exposed areas is worse than previously