Speaker
Yuliya Balashevska
(SSE "Chornobyl Specialized Enterprise", Ukraine)
Description
Today, 29 years after the Chernobyl accident, the Exclusion Zone still remains an areal unsealed radiation source of around 2600 km2. It is not just a gigantic radioactive waste storage facility (the amount of radioactive waste accumulated within the Zone, except for the Shelter, is estimated at about 2.8 million m3), but also a unique research and engineering platform for biologists, radiologists, chemists and physicists.
Taking into account the amount of the radionuclides released during the accident, it becomes quite understood that the radiological environment in the Exclusion Zone is far from favorable. However, among the Exclusion Zone personnel who numbers 5000, there are female workers.
The poster represents the results of the research performed among the female employees of the largest enterprise of the Exclusion Zone, “Chornobyl Spetskombinat”. The survey was performed with the view to knowing what makes women work in the most radioactively contaminated area in Europe, and what their role is, to revealing their fears and hopes, and to estimating the chances of the brave women of Chernobyl Exclusion Zone to succeed in their careers.
| Country or International Organization | Ukraine |
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Primary author
Yuliya Balashevska
(SSE "Chornobyl Specialized Enterprise", Ukraine)
Co-authors
Mr
Sergey Kireev
(SSE "Chornobyl Specialized Enterprise")
Mr
Vyacheslav Navalikhin
(SSE "Chornobyl Specialized Enterprise")
