Chernobyl 10 years on
Chernobyl 10 years on
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切尔诺贝利10年后
DOI：
10.1136/bmj.312.7038.1052
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发表时间：
1996
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通讯作者：
D. Henshaw
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作者：
D. Henshaw
切尔诺贝利周围美丽的乡村掩盖了这里是世界上最严重核事故发生地的事实。 10 年前切尔诺贝利核电站爆炸释放的辐射量是 1945 年投在广岛和长崎的原子弹总释放量的 200 倍。这次爆炸使半径 30 公里的区域（伦敦周围 M25 高速公路所包围的区域大小）在未来几代人中可能无法居住。因爆炸而搬迁的 40 万人中，有 13.5 万人曾经居住在 30 公里范围内。爆炸对身体的影响仍然足够明显，但对健康的影响却一点也不明显。尽管至少有 30 名参与清理工作的工人死亡，但切尔诺贝利的经历充分说明了评估核事故对健康影响的困难。
参观30公里外的Kotzubinskaya村的医院，病房里住着患有糖尿病的儿童，证明胰岛素严重短缺。这 …
The beautiful countryside around Chernobyl belies the fact that this is the site of the world's worst nuclear accident. The explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power station 10 years ago released radiation 200 times the level of the combined release from the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. The explosion rendered an area of 30 km radius—the size of the area enclosed by the M25 motorway around London—uninhabitable for humans possibly for generations to come. Of the 400000 people relocated because of the explosion 135000 once lived within the 30 km zone. The physical effects of the explosion are still visible enough, but the health effects are not at all apparent. Although at least 30 of the workers involved in the clean up operation died, the experience of Chernobyl illustrates well the difficulties of assessing the health effects of a nuclear accident.
Visit the hospital in the village of Kotzubinskaya, just outside the 30 km zone, and there are wards with children suffering with diabetes, testifying to the severe shortage of insulin. This …