ICRP Workshop

30 Years of Scientific Achievements for International Radiological Protection:
Summary of the Southern Urals Health Studies Program


24-25 May 2024  |  Hybrid

 

 

For nearly 30 years, the United States and the Russian Federation have cooperated in radiation effects research focused on the workers at, and the public around, the Mayak Production Association in the Southern Urals region north of Chelyabinsk/south of Ekaterinburg. The studies have included about 30,000 monitored workers in the nuclear facilities and over 60,000 members of the effected public in the region, with up to 75 years of multi-generational follow-up. The workshop will summarize the key scientific advances and findings of the dosimetric and epidemiological studies of that research, and describe how they have been incorporated in ICRP recommendations, as well as the areas of potentially productive future research.

 

 
PART 1

 

 

 
Introduction – Setting the Scene
Werner Rühm

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The Role of the Scientific Review Group in the Russian Health Studies Programs: Key Contributions, Influence and Impact on Radiation Protection (US SRG)
Nolan Hertel

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The Role of the Russian Scientific Review Group in the 30-year Cooperation to Study Radiation Effects in the Southern Urals
Nataliya Shandala

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JCCRER Research: Aim, Past and Future
Mikhail Sokolnikov

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Evolution of the Research Performed in the Urals Research Center for Radiation Medicine of the FMBA of Russia within the Framework of the U.S.-Russian Agreement
Alexander Akleyev

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Introductory Overview of All RHSP Projects
Bruce Napier

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Dosimetry: Project 1.1 - Techa River

 

Retrospective Dosimetry of the Emergency Exposed Population of the Urals Region - Basic Concept and Scientific Advances of Project 1.1
Elena Shishkina

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Key Results of the Techa River Dose Reconstruction and Possible Future Endeavors
Bruce Napier

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Dosimetry: Project 1.4 - Mayak

 

Project 1.4: Reconstruction of Dose to the Residents of Ozersk from the Operation of the Mayak Production Association: 1948-2002
Bruce Napier

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Dosimetry: Project 2.4 - Mayak Workers

 

Mayak Worker Dosimetry System: History and Perspectives
Alexander Efimov

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Supplementary Topics on Mayak Worker Dosimetry
Richard Bull

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Epidemiology: Project 1.2b

 

JCCRER Project 1.2b, Stochastic Effects of Environmental Radiation Exposure in Population Living Near the Mayak Industrial Association
Lyudmila Krestinina

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Mortality and Cancer Incidence in the Techa River and 1957 Accident Cohorts
Dale Preston

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30 Years of International Collaboration on Cancer Risk Estimation in the Mayak Worker Cohort: What Has Been Learned
Dale Preston

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Effects of Occupational Exposures on Cancer Mortality in the Mayak Worker Cohort
Dale Preston

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Suggestions for Future Activities
Roy Shore

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Panel Discussion/Q&A
Moderator: Benjamin French and Nolan Hertel

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Closing

 

 

 
PART 2

 

 

 

 

 
Joint Coordinating Committee for Radiation Effects Research (JCCRER): Shorter Term Direction 2 Projects
Scott Miller

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Project 2.8 - Biorepository

 

The Russian Radiobiology Human Tissue Repository in Southern Ural Biophysics Institute FMBA, Russian Federation: Results of Work and Development Prospects
Dariya Oslina

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Project 2.8 Russian Human Radiobiological Tissue Repository: A Unique Resource for Studies of Plutonium-Exposed Workers
Chris Loffredo

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Future Opportunities: Seversk Pilot Study
Lydia Zablotska

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Q&A
Moderator: Benjamin French and Nolan Hertel
   
 
Scientific Achievements and Their Use in ICRP Recommendations

 

Overview of ICRP Committee 1 Activities – Importance of Southern Urals Health Studies
Dominique Laurier

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ICRP Publication 150: Cancer Risk from Exposure to Plutonium and Uranium
Richard Wakeford

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Task Group 91: Radiation Risk Inference at Low-dose and Low-dose Rate Exposure for Radiological Protection Purposes
Werner Rühm

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Dose Reconstruction and Epidemiological studies in the Southern Urals
Alexander Ulanowski

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Examples of Studies of Techa River Populations and Mayak Worker Informing ICRP internal Dose Coefficients
Derek Jokisch

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Data Preservation in the DOE Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource (CEDR)
Ashley Golden

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Closing
Werner Rühm