SCIENTIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF RADIATION-DOSES DUE TO THE REACTOR ACCIDENT AT CHERNOBYL

In the years after the Chernobyl reactor accident, many studies of the radiation exposure levels and resulting health effects in the countri es of the CIS have been conducted. The increasing incidence of childho od thyroid cancers in Belarus and Ukraine has stimulated worldwide mul ti- and bilateral cooperations with those countries and Russia in orde r to optimize benefits for those directly affected, but also to enlarg e current knowledge of the consequences of reactor accidents, An inter national workshop on dose reconstruction was held in Bad Honnef, June 6 to 9, 1994, to address the problems which arise in dose reconstructi on. The main objectives of this workshop were to bring together the be st professional expertise and scientific knowledge and to achieve a be tter, multi-disciplinary harmonisation of the different scientific app roaches. After intensive discussions the participants of this workshop formulated the following scientific recommendations for radiation dos e reconstruction.