Physical condition of employees of the enterprise for radioactive waste management of the decommissioned USSR atomic fleet

«Radiation and Risk», 2019, vol. 28, No. 4, pp.73-87

DOI: 10.21870/0131-3878-2019-28-4-73-87

Authors

Lyaginskya А.М. – Chief Researcher, D. Sc., Biol., Prof.
Shandala N.K. – Dep. Director General, MD, Member of RSCRP
Kiselev S.M. – Head of Lab., C. Sc., Biol.
Ermalitskiy A.P. – Lead. Researcher, C. Sc., Med.
Petoyan I.M. – Head of Lab., C. Sc., Tech.
Kuptsov V.V. – Senior Researcher
Akhromeev S.V. – Researcher. Contacts: 46 Zhivopisnaya Str., Moscow, Russia, 123182. Tel.: 8(916) 161-37-74; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Kuptsov V.V. – Senior Researcher
Shlygin V.V. – Engineer
Kim O.E.¹ – Head of Medical Unit № 100 FMBA of Russia

State Research Center – Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center, FMBA of Russia, Moscow.
¹ Medical Health Unit N 100, FMBA of Russia, Fokino.

Abstract

The article presents data on health status of workers of the Far-East Center for radioactive waste management (“DalRAO”, Fokino facility). General primary diseases incidence, chronic diseases prevalence and reproductive health of males working at the Fokino facility analyzed by fertility rates of the workers and the health conditions of newborns in their families, were considered in the article. During recycling of navy nuclear submarines, the workers are chronically exposed to low-level radiation (1-5 mSv/year) and highly toxic chemicals at concentration that does not ex-ceed maximum permissible concentration. General primary diseases incidence among the employees for the period 2012-2016 was 631.4+-28.6 per 1000 persons on average. Respiratory diseases, injuries and poisoning, and diseases of the musculoskeletal system take the first three places in the structure of diseases. The leading chronic diseases are disorders of the circulatory (239.0+-25.0 per 1000 persons), and the musculoskeletal systems (232.5+-25.0 per 1000 persons), as well as respiratory diseases (114.9+-19.0 per 1000 persons). Preliminary data on the reproductive health of the personnel were obtained on a small sample of 23 childbirths: a relatively high birth rate for unhealthy children – 61.0% vs 27.9% among the general public, and a relatively high incidence of congenital malformations – 11.1 vs 5.2 per 1000, respectively.

Key words
nuclear submarines, decommissioning, personnel, FEC DalRAO, radioactive waste management, radiation doses, chemicals, health, diseases incidence, reproductive health, nuclear legacy.

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