We briefly outline a review of the title topic (prepared in a branch o
f the L. Ya. Karpov Physicochemical Scientific-Research Institute) cov
ering domestic and foreign publications and also unpublished results o
f research carried out in our Institute in recent years. In the review
, in particular we analyze experimental data on the effect of the dose
rate on the usage properties of polymers (82 figures, 16 tables, 137
references).