scholarly journals Evaluation of health status of adult population in the observation area of Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 77 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. M. Khomenko ◽  
N. V. Zakladnaya
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Observation Area

scholarly journals Mental Health Status of Children After the Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (2_suppl) ◽  
pp. 131S-138S ◽  
Author(s):  
Hirobumi Mashiko ◽  
Hirooki Yabe ◽  
Masaharu Maeda ◽  
Syuntaro Itagaki ◽  
Yasuto Kunii ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Mental Health Status ◽  
Great East Japan Earthquake ◽  
Environmental Radiation ◽  
Fukushima Daiichi ◽  
Usual State

The disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant after the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, might have affected the mental health status of children. To assess the mental health status, we measured the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) in 15 274 children (aged 4-15 years). The proportions of those who scored above the cutoff (≥16) of SDQ, reflecting the clinical range of the mental health status, were 25.0% (aged 4-6 years), 22.0% (aged 7-12 years, and 16.3% (aged 13-15 years), which were higher than that in the usual state (9.5%). We also explored the possibility that the distribution on the Fukushima prefectural map of the proportions of those who scored above the cutoff (≥16) of SDQ might correspond with the environmental radiation levels, but there was no significant correlation.

scholarly journals RADIATION-HYGIENIC ASPECTS OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN MALES OF THE STAFF OF THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

2019 ◽  
Vol 96 (9) ◽  
pp. 883-887
Author(s):  
Antonina M. Lyaginskaya ◽  
I. M. Petoyan ◽  
A. P. Ermalitskiy ◽  
V. V. Kuptsov ◽  
N. M. Karelina
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Complication Rates ◽  
Kalinin Npp

The aim of this study was a retrospective evaluation of the reproductive health of the male staff of the Kalinin and Kursk nuclear power plant (NPP). Material and Methods. Fertility indices were used for the evaluation of the reproductive health status (ability to have children) and the health status of their offspring. For the assessment of the fertility there were used data concerning the marital status, childbirths and radiation doses received by males, obtained from the questionnaires, developed as part of this study. The data about the health of newborns was obtained from information copied from the individual cards of pregnant history cases and infant history case. In total, in the study there was analyzed data on the marital status of 679 men from Kalinin and 631 men from Kursk NPP, as well as data on the 735 and 813 newborn in the families of staff of the Kalinin and Kursk NPP, and data on 1438 and 1284 pregnant women respectively. As control groups there were used data about health of newborns and pregnant women of cities of Udomlya and Kurchatov. The combined groups included 1549 newborns and of 2718 pregnant women. Results. Infertile marriages due to the male infertility accounted for 7.3% of the Kalinin NPP personnel, and 2.5% -of Kursk NPP personnel. The incidence and complication rates of the pregnancy in families of Kalinin and Kursk NPP staff are comparable with those in the control group of pregnant women and were 75.7%, 61.6% and 71.0%, respectively. Adverse pregnancy outcomes (spontaneous abortions and early neonatal death of the newborn) were recorded in 6.9%, 0.1% in the families of the personnel of the Kalinin NPP and 8.9%, 0.2% in the families of the personnel Kursk of the NPP complying with the control values of 7.6% 0.2%, respectively. The frequency of the birth of the health child corresponds to control values as 73.6% of the families of the personnel of the Kalinin NPP, amounting to 65.3% in the families of the personnel of the Kursk NPP and 69.7% in the control group. The relative risk of birth of a child with congenital malformations RR = 0,84 in the families of staff at Kalinin NPP and RR = 1.0 - at Kursk NPP. Conclusion. No impact of occupational exposure on the reproductive health was revealed for the male staff both at Kalinin and Kursk NPP.

The Reproductive Health of Male Staff of the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-25
Author(s):  
И. Петоян ◽  
I. Petoyan ◽  
А. Лягинская ◽  
A. Lyaginskaya ◽  
А. Ермалицкий ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Normal Operation ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Live Births ◽  
Group Frequency ◽  
The Impact

Purpose: To assess the reproductive health of male staff in the main departments of the Kursk nuclear power plant (NPP). Material and methods: The fertility and health of newborns were investigated. Data on marital status of 626 men of the staff and data about 813 newborns in families of male staff were analyzed. In the control group the data on the health status of newborns and pregnant groups of the population of Kurchatov city was used. Sources of information on doses to the personnel were the forms of a single system for monitoring and recording individual doses of radiation № 1-DOS “Information on the doses to persons in the conditions of normal operation of technogenic sources of ionizing radiation”. Results: Total occupational doses to the end of the main reproductive period (20–40 years) did not exceed 210 mSv, which is significantly below the threshold for temporary sterility during long-term irradiation (400 mSv/year, ICRP). Cases of infertile marriages in the families of the men of the staff (0.17 %) are below the estimation of the frequency of male infertility in Russia (1–2 %). Infant health in families of male staff and in the control group had no differences. The frequency of birth of health children was 65.3 % in families of male staff and 66.0 % for the control group. Frequency of birth of children with malformations was 35.7±6.5 per 1,000 live births and statistically (p = 0.84) did not differ from the frequency in the control group (37.4±5.3 per 1,000 live births) and was below the level adopted by the ICRP to calculate the radiation genetic risk (60 per 1,000 live births). There were no differences influenced by mother factors (age, diseases and complications during pregnancy) on fetal development and newborn health in families of the staff and control group. According to the calculations, the total occupational doses to men before the conception of children for more than 98 % of cases did not exceed 100 mSv, i.e. it was below the doses (>100 mSv), for which the genetic effects were observed in the number of epidemiological studies. However, it should be noted that 25.6 % of childbirth were in families, where men were older than 30 years, i.e. at the age, which is not subject to the additional job restrictions under the planned increased exposure. Conclusions: The impact of occupational exposure on the reproductive health status of men staff of the Kursk NPP was not identified.

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