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SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL REVIEWED JOURNAL OF FMBA OF RUSSIA
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Results of the 67-th session of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of the Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR)
About authors
1 Ural Research Center for Radiation Medicine, Chelyabinsk, Russia
2 Chelyabinsk State University, Chelyabinsk, Russia
3 Southern Urals Biophysics Institute of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency of Russia, Ozyorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
4 A. Tsyb Medical Radiological Research Center — branch of the National Medical Research Radiological Center of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Obninsk, Russia
5 Federal Medical and Biological Agency, Moscow, Russia
6 Burnazyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency, Moscow, Russia
7 Nuclear Safety Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
8 Russian Institute of Radiology and Agroecology, Obninsk, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Alexander V. Akleyev
Vorovsky, 68 A, Chelyabinsk, 454141; ur.mrcru@veyelka
About paper
Acknowledgements: the authors acknowledge the members of the Russian delegation: S. G. Mikheenko, R. M. Takhouov and V. Yu. Usoltsev for participating in the 67th UNSCEAR Session, and also the URCRM employees: N. S. Kotova and A. Yu. Garbuzova for their assistance in preparation to the UNSCEAR Session.
Author contribution: all the authors equally contributed to the preparation of the manuscript.
Received: 2020-12-08
Accepted: 2021-01-30
Published online: 2021-01-30
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The 67-th Session of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of the Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) took place in the form of videoconferences during 2-6 November 2020. Within the framework of the meetings of the Working group and subgroups the documents of the following projects were discussed: R.741 «Evaluation of medical exposure to ionizing radiation»; R.742 «Levels and effects of radiation exposure due to the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station: implications of information published since the UNSCEAR 2013 report»; R.743 «Biological mechanisms relevant for the inference of cancer risks from lowdose and low dose rate radiation»; R.744 «Evaluation of occupational exposure to ionizing radiation»; R.745 «Second primary cancer after radiotherapy»; R.746 «Epidemiological studies of radiation and cancer»; R.747 «Evaluation of public exposures to ionizing radiation from natural and man-made sources»; Project 67/7 «Implementation of the Committee's strategy to improve collection, analysis and dissemination of data on radiation exposure». The Committee also discussed the future research program (2020–2024); report to the UN General Assembly; public outreach activity including the strategy for the period 2020–2024.
Keywords: epidemiology, 67th UNSCEAR Session, low doses, biological effects, medical exposure, occupational exposure